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Rachel Appel
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Rachel Appel's personal blog at rachelappel.com covers programming and career. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this post for statistics on why women leave technology and on gender gaps in STEM, including a claim that male nurses get paid more and have more promotion access.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi folks! I'm Rachel, a Developer Advocate at JetBrains and a software engineer with over 30 years of experience creating, teaching, and talking all things computers, software, and tech. I hold an MSc from the University of Leicester in Advanced Software Engineering. Throughout my career, I’ve worn
What Hacker News says?
From my understanding male nurses not only get paid more, but have access to more options/promotions because they are male . So really, it's the opposite of women's experiences in STEM ( http://rachelappel.com/stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-ther... ).
Comment linking /stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-there-are-so-few-women-in-technology-fields
on “STFU About What Women Want”Submitted Use SignalR to Build Real-Time Connectivity into Your Software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWomen do have startups - they have run businesses for generations. Women leave technology because of overt and subtle sexism and harassment; http://rachelappel.com/stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-ther... And there are plenty that get cut off in the "university" step of your funnel because they aren't equal there either: http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html#What%20the%20Committ... That being said, the trend is mo…
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on “STFU About What Women Want”Submitted A 30 year sorting algorithm saga: from 250k to 14GB in one minute as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stats, data, and answers, as to why there are so few women in technology fields as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Website and App Accessibility for the Visually Impaired as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Strict Mode (in Windows 8) Explained as a story · 1 points
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