"This Is What A Computer Scientist Looks Like" is exactly the wrong way to "empower". It's a photo. Who cares what you look like? You are a programmer - the only thing I should care about is what your code looks like.
> [from the blog] Maybe give them the reigns to make the big decisions and you handle the grunt work.
Are you kidding? I should do that because they are female? That's terrible. You should not care what gender, or anything else, they are - except their ability.
If people need to see that there are others like them in a community (do they though?), then this module list is exactly right.
"This Is What A Computer Scientist Looks Like" is exactly the wrong way to "empower". It's a photo. Who cares what you look like? You are a programmer - the only thing I should care about is what your code looks like.
> [from the blog] Maybe give them the reigns to make the big decisions and you handle the grunt work.
Are you kidding? I should do that because they are female? That's terrible. You should not care what gender, or anything else, they are - except their ability.
If people need to see that there are others like them in a community (do they though?), then this module list is exactly right.