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There is a severe deficiency of women in computer science. While some may regard this as a minor inconvenience or not even a problem, the lack of females in this field should greatly disturb everyone. Due to the minuscule amount of women involved, the field of computer science is overlooking untapped talent. Women think differently than men, and this difference is a great attribute that brings about wonderful innovations. One of the reasons that many women do not choose computer science as a major is that they do not know that they would be adept at programming. Every student should take at least one computer science course at some point during their university experience. This would accomplish two goals: it would give students a chance to appreciate computers and all the work that is invested into creating effective software. It would also find students, especially women, who are proficient at programming but would have not know this had they not taken a computer science course.
I don't know. The one thing that I noticed with women is that they are more people-oriented whereas men are more thing-oriented. With this fact, I believe that women should go into areas that they are strongest in, even if that means there's less women in computer science. We shouldn't force women to invest their time and energy in careers that they are not interested in.
ReplyDeleteI agree that everyone should take at least one university level computer science course. A general course should give a broad enough exposure to web development, desktop application and design application.
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