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Discussion on: Why Diversity in Tech Matters

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Joshua Amaju

I see your point, but let me state a personal experience of mine. I was once a member of a Google Developer community while in school. We got a lot of ladies come around, some saying they wanted to learn how to code. But none of them ever did, not because anybody tried to stop them. It seemed like they said one thing but did something else. They mostly just came around for the food and t-shirts that we got. But I've also seen female programmers.

But imagine i never got to meet female programmers. I'd come off with the idea that girls don't naturally like to coding, and all the usual reasons people give that we find offensive. Although I'll admit that some are intentional. But we jump to conclusions too often without first considering the situation from the other person point of view or experience.

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Desiré 👩‍🎓👩‍🏫 • Edited

I've seen men who hate design. Does that mean that men don't naturally like design? Because I've met "male designers"...

Your point is honestly pointless.

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Joshua Amaju

I see you fail to understand the point I was making, I wasn't making any claim as to whatever might be the reasons for the discrepancies we see in tech. I'm just saying we should try to understand why some people might think in a certain way on these issues. And to be honest, this "Does that mean that men don't naturally like design? Because I've met "male designers"" does not make sense, I think you should have checked it before posting.