Male geeks work on something until they fail or succeed, never saying that they're potentially failing along the way for fear of rejection from fellow geeks.
However female geeks give a running commentary of their efforts, learning and discoveries via their Blog, Facebook, Twitter and numerous other places. It's exactly the opposite, except some male geeks will jump in to guide or give the solution straight away, to gain geek cred points (but nothing sexual, ha!).
I used to tutor first year computing classes at university. The scenario I saw in nearly every lab went something like this:
1. Guy student 1 gets stuck at some point in lab work
2. Guy student asks guy student 2 for help
3. Guy student 2 tells him he's an idiot, give the briefest possible answer and returns to his own work
4. Guy student 1, equipped with the brief answer, is now able to work out his problem
In contrast with:
1. Girl student gets stuck at some point in lab work
2. Girl student asks gu
The best way to accelerate a Macintoy is at 9.8 meters per second per second.
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343 pages to say "be a geek and be a woman".
And because demand is so much higher than supply, we don't scrutinize the first point too much, or the second.
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Male geeks work on something until they fail or succeed, never saying that they're potentially failing along the way for fear of rejection from fellow geeks.
However female geeks give a running commentary of their efforts, learning and discoveries via their Blog, Facebook, Twitter and numerous other places. It's exactly the opposite, except some male geeks will jump in to guide or give the solution straight away, to gain geek cred points (but nothing sexual, ha!).
Male geeks need sites like StackOverflow wher
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I used to tutor first year computing classes at university. The scenario I saw in nearly every lab went something like this:
1. Guy student 1 gets stuck at some point in lab work
2. Guy student asks guy student 2 for help
3. Guy student 2 tells him he's an idiot, give the briefest possible answer and returns to his own work
4. Guy student 1, equipped with the brief answer, is now able to work out his problem
In contrast with:
1. Girl student gets stuck at some point in lab work
2. Girl student asks gu