Stack Overflow’s developer survey analysis hurts women

deez_nuts_730 · 2016-03-18T18:37:19+00:00

I started reading and was going to start listing off all the things in here that either were contradictory to the feminist movement, misrepresented, or just plain ridiculous. I got about four or five paragraphs in when I realized EVERY FUCKING PARAGRAPH is littered with trash. It would take so incredibly long to dissect this POS article.

Krissam · 2016-03-18T18:50:05+00:00

All I could think about when I read these findings is how many men in tech will use this data as a reason to stop caring about diversity

Good, caring about diversity for diversity's stupid to begin with.

FrogTrainer · 2016-03-18T18:35:56+00:00

There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Lots more men are writing code than women.

When I read this, I hear that Stack Overflow doesn’t believe that I exist.

Huh? Are we reading the same thing? Is she that dumb?

HiberniaSon · 2016-03-19T01:12:32+00:00

All I could think about when I read these findings is how many men in tech will use this data as a reason to stop caring about diversity

Stack Overflow, you have given men in tech ammunition for trivializing diversity outreach in their organizations.

Gender diversity, when boiled down, simply means fewer opportunities for, and more discrimination against boys and men.

McFeely_Smackup · 2016-03-18T21:29:39+00:00

Let’s start with some numbers. Only 5.8% of survey respondents identified as women (or, more specifically, “female”, because apparently Stack Overflow wants to know what kind of genitals you have)

what a bunch of misogynistic shitlords...they actually asked demographics questions in a survey about...well demographics.

I guess we're just supposed to BELIEVE women are underrepresented and underpaid in software development, without actually trying to gather facts like some kind of woman hating jerk.

thrway_1000 · 2016-03-18T18:59:02+00:00

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2016-03-18T19:31:17+00:00

I bet her code sucks.

NPFFTW · 2016-03-18T19:58:17+00:00

Is this a fucking joke

SchalaZeal01 · 2016-03-18T22:23:43+00:00

Apparently its discriminatory against people who don't like or care about science fiction to ask Star Wars or Star Trek. There's never a "don't know" answer I guess.

And despite breaking box office, apparently Star Wars is super fringe... or something.

metalchuck_13 · 2016-03-21T00:46:56+00:00

Just because it's a male dominated field doesn't mean that there is really anything stopping women from going into this field. I'm female and I hate how everyone assumes that it's somehow more difficult to be a woman in IT. Last I checked, my peers care about what kind of genitals I have about just as much as your computer does.

PoopChuteMcGoo · 2016-03-18T23:01:26+00:00

Thank you stack overflow for telling the world. Yes we can be pushed around. https://medium.com/@jayhanlon/first-off-i-want-to-thank-you-for-taking-the-time-to-share-this-and-particularly-for-being-8c8138929210#.b2ri9ld2r

expert02 · 2016-03-18T23:38:15+00:00

What the shit, I could barely make it through two paragraphs.

rg57 · 2016-03-19T05:37:51+00:00

Who is holding Stack Overflow accountable for their pathetic caving to this garbage?

xNOM · 2016-03-19T16:30:31+00:00

There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Lots more men are writing code than women. (ETA: this quote has been removed from the survey. It originally appeared in the section linked above.)

When I read this, I hear that Stack Overflow doesn’t believe that I exist.

This person is a moron...

MalibuStayZ · 2016-03-19T12:22:41+00:00

She is right though that this survey says little about the average developer as it suggests. It only says something about the average registered StackOverflow user who is willing to answer surveys.

Title	Stack Overflow’s developer survey analysis hurts women
Author	PoopChuteMcGoo
Upvotes	22
Comments	24
Date	March 18, 2016 6:16 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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