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Django Girls make the male-dominated world of IT more accessible to women

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12 points by Atiim 11 years ago · 5 comments

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metaphorm 11 years ago

anyone else get annoyed when this field is called "IT"? Maybe I'm over-sensitive but I just can't shake the feeling that "IT" is what shit-for-brains pointy haired boss types call this line of work.

Personally I prefer to just be called a programmer or an engineer, or a developer and for the job to be called programming, software engineering, or software development. "IT" is the guy who sets up the locked-down site installation for the accounting department which runs Windows XP and IE8 and the users aren't allowed to change it. I don't want to be associated with that.

  • pyre 11 years ago

    Well, at least "IT" is marginally better than "Computers" or "Computer Stuff:"

      Django Girls make the male-dominated world of Computer
      Stuff more accessible to women
  • AtiimOP 11 years ago

    agree, I would pick "software developer".

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