• psud@aussie.zone
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      15 days ago

      It’s odd in the Australian public service, with COBOL programmers. They’ve been in the job long enough that they started when the public service was the only employer who would employ women as programmers. I’m on the systems analyst side of the fence, the programmers I have worked with include a bit more than 60% women

      I think all the programmers I know are married or gay or not interested. I think the gay ones are mostly married too.

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      There are those who transition, so a significant chunk of that male programmer population is “male” as in quotation marks, only that some transition earlier than others. Does not guarantee that you can get the transgender autistic puppygirl (or other variations) of your dreams, since many of them are lesbians.

      But also feel free to look outside your field for a partner. It’s okay to date an artist as a programmer.

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        14 days ago

        Feels weird reading this as the only single woman programmer in my friend group who likes men

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        17 days ago

        I think programmer should be seen as a gender itself.

        I’m currently transitioning myself, already have a homeserver and a Linux PC, can’t wait to be a real programmer.

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          and gender confirmation would not be getting called sir/ma’am at the starbucks but people asking you for IT help?

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          I detransitioned from being a programmer and all I have is depression since, maybe I should retransission into being a programmer