Male or female??

[piersk]

Ok, here's something that Ive been wondering for all of about 24 seconds...

The majority of programmers are (without meaning to be sexist) male, are they not? Well, lets put this to the test.

Dont really need any text in your reply, just vote in the poll...

[daynah]

I guess I'm not in the majority.... but I've been use to that since college. ;) I'd like to know who the other fellow female programmers are though. :)

[Rhiannon]

Out of the 4 student programmers in my office - I work on a college campus - I'm the only female. But of my bosses two out of the three are female. Interesting.

[sid]

male - but i study witha bunch of femi-programmers...

[mrmufin]

class Mufin {

var $sex;
var $age;
var $height;
var $weight;
var $income;

function Mufin($a) {
$this->sex = $a['sex'];
$this->age = $a['age'];
$this->height = $a['height'];
$this->weight = $a['weight'];
$this->income = $a['income'];
}
}

$mrmufin = new Mufin(array('age'=>4,'sex'=>'m','height'=>'70 inches','weight'=>'165 lbs','income'=>0,));
$msmufin = new Mufin(array('age'=>32,'sex'=>'f','height'=>'60 inches','weight'=>'105 lbs','income'=>'lots',));

Any more questions?

[dar-k]

Ole fashioned male progammur....zzzz

[marianna]

I'm female

In undergrad, there was a slight difference between the number of males and females, but in grad school it's severe
I also work and am one of 2 females in my group of 18

[jayant]

Very true that most of the techie folks are guys.
In my college:-
Course1 :
30 students (22 males, 8 females)
Course2:
20 students (17 males, 3 females)

I happen to be lucky to be in course1. more girlz ;) <evil grin>

[psy]

Originally posted by mrmufin

class Mufin {

var $sex;
var $age;
var $height;
var $weight;
var $income;

function Mufin($a) {
$this->sex = $a['sex'];
$this->age = $a['age'];
$this->height = $a['height'];
$this->weight = $a['weight'];
$this->income = $a['income'];
}
}

$mrmufin = new Mufin(array('age'=>4,'sex'=>'m','height'=>'70 inches','weight'=>'165 lbs','income'=>0,));
$msmufin = new Mufin(array('age'=>32,'sex'=>'f','height'=>'60 inches','weight'=>'105 lbs','income'=>'lots',));

Any more questions?

that was great hahahahaha :D

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by mrmufin
Any more questions?

Yeah: when are you going to use International units like a civilised person?

[ShawnD]

i'm 5'10" and all man
i dont know how much that is in cm though :(

[mrmufin]

Originally posted by Weedpacket

Yeah: when are you going to use International units like a civilised person?
International units? You mean like weight in 'stones', height in 'hands' and age in UNIX timestamps?

Hmmm... but I never recall ever claiming to be a civilised person.

[ShawnD]

he/she/it means Metres and Grams, you know, the system that every country in the world but the US uses pretty much ;)

[bastien]

no wait...pheww still am

[mw-dnb]

Originally posted by Weedpacket


Yeah: when are you going to use International units like a civilised person?

how do you calculate pounds > stones

I way 13 stones... stones??? what the hell is a stone??

[Bunkermaster]

Originally posted by mrmufin

class Mufin {

var $sex;
var $age;
var $height;
var $weight;
var $income;

function Mufin($a) {
$this->sex = $a['sex'];
$this->age = $a['age'];
$this->height = $a['height'];
$this->weight = $a['weight'];
$this->income = $a['income'];
}
}



class BunkerMaster extends Mufin {
var $Location;
function BunkerMaster ($Blah) {
$this->Location = $Blah['Location'];
}
}

$DaBunkerMaster = new BunkerMaster(array('age'=>29,'sex'=>'M','height'=>'200cm','weight'=>'130 KG','income'=>'do not ask it hurts', 'Location'=>'Europe' ));

There ya go. Worked in many countries over the years (France, UK, USA, NL, etc.) and these offices I honnored with my charisma always smelled like gym lockers... Guess most of us are guys... Things change... I work alone anyway

[xentrix]

male ;-)

but I know some good female programmers! ;-)

[Merve]

Okay, there are males and females who use PHP (duh!) but this is an interesting psychological question. I think that more guys (I'm not being chauvinist here) computer program because for people think that guys do all the programming. A lot of girls don't want to computer program because they are told that girls don't computer program and that it's a guy thing. We aren't directly told this, but we are told this in more subtle ways. When a girl sees more guys at a computer camp, she might think that more guys computer program, and so, girls don't computer program as much.
Another reason is that guys originally invented the computer. In the time when the computer was invented (not the PC, the computer), guys used to work, whereas women used to stay at home and work (generally speaking). And so, guys did the computer programming, also because women stayed away from electric stuff; it was a man's job to take care of that.
And after all my rambling on, I hope you are enlightened (even though you could have thought of that off the top of your head)

[goldbug]

Man, I feel sorry for any PHP programmers who are currently floating somewhere between either choice. Also, those who didn't have a gender to begin with, or are hermaphrodites. WHERE WILL THEY CLICK!? THIS IS SO INCONSIDERATE! :) :)

[goldbug]

Originally posted by Rhiannon
Out of the 4 student programmers in my office - I work on a college campus - I'm the only female. But of my bosses two out of the three are female. Interesting.

Holy crap! Are you Rhiannon of warpednet IRC-land? If so, small (digital) world!

[BuzzLY]

There are more male programmers because it requires math, and everyone knows that boys are better at math than girls. I mean, even talking barbie knew that one! ("math is hard!").

:D :p

And shame on you, Bunker, for stretching this thread out like that...

[Rhiannon]

No goldbug - I'm not the Rhiannon that you think I am. But it is nice to know that there are more rhiannon's out there.

[bad76]

I'm male
but in my office there are 55 female too.
And we are 56 at all...:p

[Elizabeth]

Female.

And you're right, goldbug- what about those who used to be one gender, but are saving money and prostituting themselves to earn enough for their "operation" - where do they go?

And 2 words for you, Buzz, and I bet you can guess what they are. ;)

-Elizabeth

[Bunkermaster]

omg a 11 month bump rofl

[BuzzLY]

I think this thread is da BOM!

And no, that's not slang, it's an abbreviation for Bump of the Month. It might even qualify for BOY!!!

[dalecosp]

So noted in the "Bump" thread ...

My wife would prefer to work with computers if:$sql="select * from whatever";
$res=mysql_query($sql);
$result=mysql_fetch_array($res);
foreach ($result as $f) {
echo $f. "<br><br>";
express_feelings($f);
converse_further();
}

[Elizabeth]

I personally have no problem with this bump since it's a very deep and poignant topic, and one which I missed the first time 'round.

Long live the bump!

-Elizabeth

[dalecosp]

To heck with da bump, long live female PHP coders !!!

Or, maybe we can put the two together???? http://www.whitefamilytree.org/board/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

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[BuzzLY]

I don't think that's the bump Elizabeth was referring to...

[dalecosp]

Yeah, well, I've been trying so hard to keep the "be nice to Elizabeth" thing going ... I dunno what got into me ...

[Merve]

This thread has become perverted! Can we get back to the original question?

[BuzzLY]

That's just one of the great things about threads in the Echo Lounge, Merve. There's no such thing as off topic!

[Bunkermaster]

Look! a cow!

/me runs

[Moonglobe]

What? Cow? Where!

/me lopes off......

'Cow? cow? cow.....:('

/me sits down and sulks

[dalecosp]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/yourscotland/images/northeast/backyard/cow.jpg

Moo!!

[Moonglobe]

WHAT? how long has img code been on? lol i just noticed that.........

nice cow. think ill keep that one :D

[Weedpacket]

Oh, thanks for reminding me; I was going to chuck a couple of Pink Floyd CDs in the car for driving music.

[bad76]

Oh, thanks not for reminding me my girl-friend... :eek:

[Merve]

If there's no such thing as off-topic, then why is there a topic in the first place?

Go cow go!

[Weedpacket]

'Cos you can't start a thread without one?

[sivasankari.kv]

I studied in a womens college , we were 48 in number ,
but in my company there are 40 guys and 3 girls

[The Chancer]

Hmmm - I am in an office of 1 bloke... (me) and 7 women.....

In answer to what is a stone...
1 Stone = 14pounds = 224 Ounces
(16 ozs = 1 pound)

1 Pound = 454Grams

Yet 1oz = 28grams (only makes 448 on that score - you can include the .375 on each if you want to be pendantic)

Hmmm - now I wonder why I knew that 28g = 1Oz =approx a 1p coin

[codeDV]

I am not really sure. Can I have some assistance with this one.