Comment Re:What kind of projects? (Score 1) 672
Nice. You assume that the 3 women who get the job will be less qualified.
As a female developer having worked with both male and female developers alike I cannot see how you could justify that reasoning. Ability is not lost across the male/female divide. There may be different styles and interests perhaps but there is no lack of intelligence when it comes to code/design/solutions.
The lack of applications for these projects most likely comes from the lingering perceptions of women being less technical, ambitious and logical - all of which are untrue - but are believed by men and women alike. Who knows - a scholarship program such as this might break some of those old thinking patterns and give the girls a bit more confidence to apply and succeed in the future.
As for the post above which suggests that women need windows and that bloody paperclip and the like - I've never heard anything so patronising. Women don't need to relate to PCs any more than any non-techy guy. I'd prefer to work in Linux given a choice.
As a female developer having worked with both male and female developers alike I cannot see how you could justify that reasoning. Ability is not lost across the male/female divide. There may be different styles and interests perhaps but there is no lack of intelligence when it comes to code/design/solutions.
The lack of applications for these projects most likely comes from the lingering perceptions of women being less technical, ambitious and logical - all of which are untrue - but are believed by men and women alike. Who knows - a scholarship program such as this might break some of those old thinking patterns and give the girls a bit more confidence to apply and succeed in the future.
As for the post above which suggests that women need windows and that bloody paperclip and the like - I've never heard anything so patronising. Women don't need to relate to PCs any more than any non-techy guy. I'd prefer to work in Linux given a choice.
