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I write about SF, writing, and technology.
When do women write open source code? When it refers to knitting! No lie. I linked yesterday to Stine’s progress bar for WordPress Widget, and sure enough, its original usage, for her, was to chart several craft projects (a really nice Baptism/Christening gown is what I saw). I think it’s ironic that the invisible labor [...]
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2 years ago
If one in a thousand programmers contributes to open source, and 28% of those earning computing degrees are women, and 50% of them remain in computing careers, we certainly should expect very few women in open source.
Add to the fact that women in families still do most of the housework and childrearing, and optional fun activities like contributing to open source are going to happen in even smaller percentages.
2 years ago
Not everyone has the time to take a substantial unpaid role on one of these projects, but there are those of us who pitch in where we can to help out our favorite products.
And this applies to people of any gender - there are plenty of projects that don't get developed or are abandoned because of lack of programmers. Men need to pay rent, too...