Comment by DoreenMichele
7 years ago
I'm not a programmer. I already said that.
If there are many more women who actually blog about programming per se, rather than blogging about the problem of being a woman in tech, then I am even more mystified as to why her writing seems to be so popular here.
On a technical level her skills/knowledge are world-class and her most successful posts[1] have been tech-focused.
[1]:https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&date...
Thank you.
Because this is not site about programming, this is site about culture around programming.
This isn't a site about programming, nor about programming culture. It is a site for discussing things that are intellectually engaging and it is open to anyone who wishes to join.
My point is that programming per se articles are minority and often end up burried. And when they are here, they tend to be limited to few topics popular also among those who don't use them. That is not sort of content one goes for here, whether by men or women (which is not complaint) so it should not be used against anyone.
I will add that it is and should be ok to write your thoughts about communities and processes and culture and pop tech etc even if you don't write technically technical articles. Such blogs are pretty normal in programming communities. These things actually matter for those who deal with those communities daily. Moreover, Linux community prides itself on being tough and not caring and pissed off all the time on each other, so really, demanding that whover is commenting on it is nice to them and not pissed them off is odd. As far as linux community standards go, this article is remarkably nice - the only way to make it less nice is to keep opinions for yourself.
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