I'm a woman in software. I'm fairly junior, I have only been doing this for a few years now.
I have used Rust a few and did not participate in the survey, but I did participate in the Python user survey, because at least 50% of my time is working with Python.
My workplace is mostly men- in fact I am the only woman in our USA office. And I agree that I would prefer to work somewhere with more women, or more representation of women.
Representation isn't exactly linear either. If women in dev jobs at a company write blog posts for the company, for instance, that gives me a higher opinion of the company.
Finally, the majority of women who are in the community are likely a silent majority. I hardly ever make pull requests for packages I patch because of bad experiences I've had, I don't comment on message boards, and on HN I don't use my real name either.
I'd blame that, for me personally, on bad or frustrating experiences. And it's fine if the community acts that way, and it's fine if myself and other women choose to stay quiet.
> I'd blame that, for me personally, on bad or frustrating experiences. And it's fine if the community acts that way
Wait, why is it fine if the community acts in a way that provides bad or frustrating experiences for specific categories of people (in this case, minorities in comparison to the overall population of that group, which women are in software development)?
If someone said "I'm black and I interact with the community less because of bad or frustrating experiences", we probably wouldn't say that's okay, so I'm wondering why you feel it's okay for the community to act that way towards you as a woman? Or did I misinterpret?
I'm a woman in software. I'm fairly junior, I have only been doing this for a few years now.
I have used Rust a few and did not participate in the survey, but I did participate in the Python user survey, because at least 50% of my time is working with Python.
My workplace is mostly men- in fact I am the only woman in our USA office. And I agree that I would prefer to work somewhere with more women, or more representation of women.
Representation isn't exactly linear either. If women in dev jobs at a company write blog posts for the company, for instance, that gives me a higher opinion of the company.
Finally, the majority of women who are in the community are likely a silent majority. I hardly ever make pull requests for packages I patch because of bad experiences I've had, I don't comment on message boards, and on HN I don't use my real name either.
I'd blame that, for me personally, on bad or frustrating experiences. And it's fine if the community acts that way, and it's fine if myself and other women choose to stay quiet.