Reflecting on all the times in my career as a software engineer I have been told that, yes, things were a bit unfair to me as a woman, but that I was being a trailblazer, I was the one discovering and establishing the path that would enable others to follow.
But you go back to the 70s and you see the same number of women programmers, being fed that exact same line
And in the 80s
and the 90s
and so on to today. The "trailblazer" narrative is a lie told by managers to make themselves feel better
"fuck the manbabies, #women were here first"
(i may be paraphrasing, uh, slightly)
"That's right sisters! But a little help here please?"
😆
Ok, I'll stop. The point is made. There is no #programming without #women. woe to any manbaby who forgets
also: the crew of the ill fated #apollo13 was saved by #JudithCohen, who did the Apollo Abort Guidance System and many other aerospace systems
*and then she gave birth to #JackBlack!*
"In a memorial tribute, her son Neil notes that she was troubleshooting problems with schematics on the day she went into labor, called her boss to let him know she had fixed the problem and then delivered Jack"
Manuela Malasaña
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Weird Socks
Brandon