What's causes the fear of programming over the women graduates in IT ?
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I am a computer programming student. I have done two of my co-ops with in the IT industry. I would not exacltly say or agree that women have a fear of programming. Just like many men, who take a college diploma in programming realise after a while that programming is not exacltly what they enjoy, women do too realise this. However, since they are women they disintersest is labelled as fear.\n\nSecondly, if you consider the prcatical work scenario, programming at real projects turns out to be a team effort. If the male programmer team mates are willing to give  a sitting till 3 in the mornig for a project; Women programmers will also be expected to do so...... Sometimes your husband is ok with it , but most of the times the project deadlines piss them off. Now you will have to understand that programming that makes sense.. needs plenty of experience. And experience comes with working on live projects. So, when the age old dilemma of choosing  amonst career ( which happens to be programming for most women in the IT industry) or family comes... Women often pick family ! After all they work for the family well being and not to cause family problems. This is what my senior programmer females have told me. However, I have met some women who are really serious about their careers in programming. \n\nIn the IT Industry it does not matter whether you are a man or a women. Just like any other career you need an interest in programming. You need good logical understanding of concepts. A programmer is a logical thinker. Most of us are afraid of thinking logically. Well most of us ........
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That would depend on the woman.\nSome women are scared of getting played.\nSome women are scared of relationships and just want one night stands.\nSome women are scared of getting the crap beat out of them.\nSome women are scared of their partner leaving them for younger, prettier girls.\nThere are many things women can be scared of. The list coule go on.
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I am a computer programmer and here are my opinions.\n\nNegative:\n1) Because you are staring at the computer everyday, your eyes will be affected because of the radiations.  99% of the computer programmers that I know have some kind of eye problems.  Some of them may start with 20/20 vision; eventually they will develop either short-seightedness or far-sieghtedness.  \n\n2) You deal with computers more often than you deal with human.  Sometimes you may even find that you are yelling/talking to your computer.\n\n3) Computer technologies change extremely rapidly.  For the rest of your professional life, you will need to read lots and lots of books to keep up with the technology.  One of my aunts is a senior VP of software development in IBM; when I went to university 13 years ago, this was the advice that she gave me.  Now, I know exactly what she is talking about.  If you love reading and learning new stuff, this could be a positive thing; if you don't or if you don't have the self-motivation to do so, it would be a chore.\n\nPositive:\n1) Generally, computer programmers receive quite high pay.\n2) There are new technologies coming out faster than you can keep up with.  If you love learning, this is a wonderful thing.\n3) You can create computer programs to many simple stuff on your own instead of buying programs/software.\n4) You can give advice to others who need help.\n5) You can answer questions under the Computer Program category on Yahoo Answers\n6) Nowadays, practically every field needs computers (especially web programming) whether the field itself is related to computers or not.  You don't need to worry about finding a job.
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If you are a religious person, try reading T.D. Jakes book titled "Working in a Hostile Environment".  The most important thing to remember is that, you are at that job to work.  You do not have to be those people's friends.  If they don't like you it's probably because they are jealous of either your knowledge, or your looks.  Sometimes both.  Older people have a tendency to be "afraid" of younger people because they think younger people are after their jobs.  Be diligent and know that you are put there for a reason.
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well, i graduated two years ago, and my biggest fear was what was going to happen once i was out.    \n\nhaving to get a real job, go to school, get the money to do so, and eventually move out.\n\nin high school, everything is given to you, once your out, if you dont do it, it wont get done.
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Uni, students are looking for the chance to prove themselves and gain experience, if it works out and you look after them they will stay and you have a loyal employee, else if it fails they would have got a lot more experience then starting out as a software tester and gained confidence which will help them get the next job. \n\neither way Win-Win for you and them
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Because women refuse to play by the "Good Old Boys" code of ethics. (Or lack of ethics as the case may be!)\nWomen don't generally believe in giving someone a free ride into a good school because Dad or Grandpa graduated from there or were on the football team or the cool fraternity. \nWomen tend to think those who do the work, deserve the chance. \nMost colleges have this strange standard. As long as it is in place, there will be very few women in charge. \nIt all comes down to who's pockets get lined with green.
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Too often we get scwrewed over.  I worked in a prison around murderers, rapists, child molesters, but none of them scared me like women do.  They can rip yur heart right out of your chest and tramp on your dick.  That's why.
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At my college (RPI), it seemed to be the people who wanted to design computer hardware, a type of electrical engineering.  Not really sure if that is true outside of our lovely little bubble away from the 'real world'.
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they feel insecure and scared of the world
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Most of the students from high school are lack of self-confidence,they are afraid of being away from their parents as well as new places and new faces they are going to encounter as well as the challenges of the courses that preparatory for their professions someday!More thesis, homeworks,projects and alot of school works in which they have fatigue during high school!But the most challenging that they don't know is it is very enjoyable being in college as we they will learn how to become independent and makes many decisions for themselves away from home!
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Some men are intimidated by a female who is very intelligent and/or beautiful.  They don't think they will add up.  Try not revealing everything about yourself all at once.  I know your proud of your degrees, but let these men know slowly about all of this.
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Mainly because men want to be and mostly think they are the "leaders" in the relation; when a strong woman appears, they are afraid they would loose their superiority and that scares them!
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A young man would most likely feel afraid because many fathers are or are stereotyped as being very protective of their daughters. My own experiences have been much different and I discovered that my previous girlfriends father shared many of the same interests as me.
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Its not like that at all. Historically women have been assigned a predetermind role in a male dominated society and most women choose these career options so that they have good opportunities for growth. Women have all that one needs to become a pilot, politician, construction engineer or a fire fighter etc etc. But since they are all men dominated they have to struggle too much to succeed as men constantly feel threatened by their presence. \n\nNot many women are employers because of the simple fact that men with thier super sized egos find it extremely difficult to work for a woman
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It is absolutely not weird.  I teach lots of courses that are cross-listed with women's studies, and I always have men in those courses. \n\nActually, these days most women's studies courses really do "gender studies," and include the study of various constructions of masculinity.\n\nBottom line - what your friend is really studying is gender and history, and that's a great thing for anyone to be doing, regardless of whether they are male or female.\n\nSo quit teasing the guy -- and start picking on the business majors -- they're the folks that really deserve to be given some grief.  *No one* should aspire to become a corporate clone...  until they're over forty.   ;)
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Yes, but I belive that one day, machines will be feared to high exxtent, due to the intelligence, that are programmed into machines. As the technology in machines increase, so does my fear.