Studio 8502 :verified: on Nostr: "... what’s keeping women in general from occupying the vast middle of the ...
"... what’s keeping women in general from occupying the vast middle of the programming field is not general intelligence. On the other hand, the average black American has an IQ about 85 and that is pretty much a disqualifier right there. Only the cohort of their bell curve above 3 STDs from median has much hope of matching the capability of the average white programmer."
That is an actual quote from Eric S. Raymond, whose name you may recognize as being one of the "big three" in the pop culture narrative around the open source movement.
Just let that one sink in.
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