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Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender
Researchers find software repository GitHub approved code written by women at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the gender was not disclosed
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No surprises here. Maybe all women should have a sex change then there will be one less group to hate on and discriminate against. /s
There's nothing like people who refer to programmers as "coders" to demonstrate general lack of insight and understanding of the trade. It's like calling a journalist a "typist" because the activity revolves around writing... although in this case the description might very well be apt.