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ehudla on Jan 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mainframe, Interrupted

Interesting how back then programming was a woman's job and the racial divide between programmers and operators.

barbecue_sauce on Jan 19, 2019 [–]

I was discouraged from pursuing any sort of programming/computing-related degree in the early 2000s when I went to college because my parents (who are quite old and do not use computers for any meaningful work) saw it as a secretarial position.

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