The Moral Implications of Being a Moderately Successful Computer Scientist and a Woman

boogetyboo , 3 hours ago

Used to work in digital design. By pure happenstance the foundational initial team on a major project was all women and we recognised that wasn’t a good balance in terms of external perception but also in terms of getting different perspectives on design approaches.

We managed to recruit some great blokes, but they were hard to find. So many of the new dudes didn’t work out because it was so obvious how inferior they perceived us women to be. Very few of them had the skills to warrant any level of arrogance, let alone full blown superiority complex.

It was disappointing.

Isoprenoid , 1 hour ago

it was so obvious how inferior they perceived us women to be

How do you know that they perceived you as inferior? Did they actually say “Women are inferior to men.”?

Very few of them had the skills to warrant any level of arrogance, let alone full blown superiority complex.

It sounds like they felt intimidated in a new environment, and they were trying to find their position in the team. That’s disappointing for all parties.

ravhall , 4 hours ago

When I was hiring a developer to come on to my all white male team I was really hoping for a woman to apply. Sadly, that never happened. I was able to cut down on the whiteness though, and no I didn’t pick a lesser candidate because they weren’t white. It was just coincidence.