Comment Re:Equality (Score 1) 490
They don't have to be women, but we know (because we asked, and because of historic numbers) that women are a large, willing and untapped resource in CS.
Large? agreed (and I'll refrain of doing any "yo momma" jokes here).
Willing? it doesn't seem like it, we have tried sugarcoating projects, mentoring, boot camps and women seem largely disinterested for programming and STEM careers . Even more, there is a resurgence in the interest of traditional "women-only" careers like cooking, fashion design, child-care and elementary education.
We also know exactly how to fix that
It doesn't seem like that's the case, since each attempt to fix it ends up in a big waste of resources ( see the outcome of gnome outreach programs among others)
It's in their own interests to get more skilled programmers on board.
Yeah... filtering out potential developers by making women/trans/queer-only outreach programmes instead of opening them up to let anyone interested join it's a great way to get MORE, not LESS potential candidates.