AdamTRei_Dev wrote:

I 'm here!!

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CutieCow17 wrote:

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DevilKing54 wrote:

SolarWind12 wrote:

Username: SolarWind12
Preferable Position: News Retrivel
Experience: 6/10

Finally! A member! What position in News Retrieval would you like?

I'll have FUNR Please! Sorry I haven't been active lately, I forgot to follow the discussion! I've done so now. Where can I post the news?

Do you have a preference for user?
That's ok.
Here.

What do you mean “Preference for user”? I'll admit I'm not much of a coder (Though I know a lot about it) so can I just post some links for you guys?

[center]----------MEMBERS----------[/center]
[quote][center][b]FORM[/b][/center]
[b]Username:[/b]
[b]Preferable Position:[/b]
[b]Experience:[/b]
[/quote]
[quote][center]----------[b]Head Department[/b]----------[/center]
[b]Owner/Director: [/b] [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/DevilKing54/]@DevilKing54[/url]
[b]Co-Director: [/b] [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/CutieCow17/]@CutieCow17[/url]
[b]Managers:[/b]
[*] 
[/quote]
[quote][center]----------[b]News Retrieval[/b]----------[/center]
[b]Famous User News Retriever(FUNR) 1:[/b][url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/SolarWind12/]@SolarWind12[/url]
[b]FUNR 2:[/b]
[b]FUNR 3:[/b]
[b]FUNR 4:[/b]
[b]FUNR 5:[/b]
[b]Front Page Studier(FPS) 1:[/b] [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/CutieCow17/]@CutieCow17[/url]
[b]FPS 2:[/b]
[b]Announcements Forum Studier:[/b]
[b]New Scratchers Forum Studier:[/b]
[b]Show and Tell Forum Studier:[/b]
[b]Collaboration Forum Studier:[/b]
[b]Requests Forum Studier:[/b][url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/CutieCow17/]@CutieCow17[/url]
[/quote]
[quote][center]----------[b]News Output[/b]-----------[/center]
[b]Script Writer 1:[/b][url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/DevilKing54/]@DevilKing54[/url]
[b]Script Writer 2:[/b]
[b]Artists(5):[/b]
[b]Script Editors:[/b] [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/HashBrown_Studios/]@HashBrown_Studios[/url]
[/quote]

[url=https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/231619/?page=1#post-2352699]>> Back to menu[/url]

———-MEMBERS———-

FORM

Username:
Preferable Position:
Experience:

———-Head Department———-

Owner/Director: @DevilKing54
Co-Director: @CutieCow17
Managers:

———-News Retrieval———-

Famous User News Retriever(FUNR) 1:@SolarWind12
FUNR 2:
FUNR 3:
FUNR 4:
FUNR 5:
Front Page Studier(FPS) 1: @CutieCow17
FPS 2:
Announcements Forum Studier:
New Scratchers Forum Studier:
Show and Tell Forum Studier:
Collaboration Forum Studier:
Requests Forum Studier:@CutieCow17

———-News Output———–

Script Writer 1:@DevilKing54
Script Writer 2:
Artists(5):
Script Editors: @HashBrown_Studios

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SolarWind12 wrote:

Hi Guys I'm sorry but I'm really busy with a project at the moment so I can't give you guys news.

This post wrote:

I wanted to say hello but I can't. I am a simple post simply designed to bump :-(

In a recent episode of the podcast New Books in Science, I listened to Marie Hicks talk about how women went from being well-regarded coders and decoders during WWII to the situation we have today where there is a massive deficit of women in coding. In her book, “Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing” (MIT Press, 2017), Hicks documents the transition. During the war, the need for women coders was very much like the need for Rosie the Riveter in industry. It’s a fact that the majority of the people involved in Bletchley Park, where the Enigma cipher machine was created, were women. As is so often the case, “though women made up three quarters of the workforce at The Park by the end of the war, Bletchley is largely remembered as a male endeavour.” See this Telegraph article for more.

coding

For many years after the war in Britain, it was difficult to attract men into the field as it was regarded as a less valued activity. It is at once ironic and sad that, almost because women were doing it, that it should have regarded as such. Now that coding is a prized skill, it is dominated by men (and boys!). Hicks’ thesis is that, in Britain, the removal of women from the programming world correlated with the decline of Britain’s strength in computing and had a negative macroeconomic effect. She further posits the US may be at risk of repeating those errors in the 21st century.

CODING HAS A *?

I shall always recall a speech I attended given by Lester Thurow at my university. Thurow explained how he believed that typing was a value-added skill for executives. He spoke these words in a 1984 lecture. At the time, personal computers were just beginning to get popularized. Typewriters were still very present. And, typing was still considered a rather feminine skill to have. My mother typed brilliantly. My father had a secretary. That was the norm in the 1980s. When I got to L’Oreal in 1993, working in the French HQ office, the fact that I typed 70 wpm made me an oddity among the men. It was almost as if typing was beneath an executives’ standing. Today, I rejoice in seeing how boys and girls use the keyboard with equal vim and vigor. And I am rather happy that I followed Thurow’s advice. It’s been awfully handy for me.

GETTING GIRLS TO CODE

coders-cover-1200xx1200-675-0-36What will it take to get more girls to sign on to coding? It would certainly help if there were more women mentors; but alas, they are few and far between. I am told that one of the key ways for anyone to get started in coding is to have a specific project (i.e. an idea or a problem to solve). With that project in mind, the apprentice learns the code necessary to fix that problem. Certainly, coding needs to be generalized in curricula at schools. Secondly, the startups need to foster an environment that is appropriate. It won’t be easy, but I do believe it is a strategic issue, given the dearth of coders in today’s marketplace. I have to believe that finding engaging and meaningful projects will be one of the keys to encouraging girls to take up coding.

What do you think it will take to get more girls/women into coding?

SolarWind12 wrote:

Hi Everyone I'm back (For now)! Check this bit of news out!
IS CODING FOR BOYS AND TYPING FOR GIRLS?

In a recent episode of the podcast New Books in Science, I listened to Marie Hicks talk about how women went from being well-regarded coders and decoders during WWII to the situation we have today where there is a massive deficit of women in coding. In her book, “Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing” (MIT Press, 2017), Hicks documents the transition. During the war, the need for women coders was very much like the need for Rosie the Riveter in industry. It’s a fact that the majority of the people involved in Bletchley Park, where the Enigma cipher machine was created, were women. As is so often the case, “though women made up three quarters of the workforce at The Park by the end of the war, Bletchley is largely remembered as a male endeavour.” See this Telegraph article for more.

coding

For many years after the war in Britain, it was difficult to attract men into the field as it was regarded as a less valued activity. It is at once ironic and sad that, almost because women were doing it, that it should have regarded as such. Now that coding is a prized skill, it is dominated by men (and boys!). Hicks’ thesis is that, in Britain, the removal of women from the programming world correlated with the decline of Britain’s strength in computing and had a negative macroeconomic effect. She further posits the US may be at risk of repeating those errors in the 21st century.

CODING HAS A *?

I shall always recall a speech I attended given by Lester Thurow at my university. Thurow explained how he believed that typing was a value-added skill for executives. He spoke these words in a 1984 lecture. At the time, personal computers were just beginning to get popularized. Typewriters were still very present. And, typing was still considered a rather feminine skill to have. My mother typed brilliantly. My father had a secretary. That was the norm in the 1980s. When I got to L’Oreal in 1993, working in the French HQ office, the fact that I typed 70 wpm made me an oddity among the men. It was almost as if typing was beneath an executives’ standing. Today, I rejoice in seeing how boys and girls use the keyboard with equal vim and vigor. And I am rather happy that I followed Thurow’s advice. It’s been awfully handy for me.

GETTING GIRLS TO CODE

coders-cover-1200xx1200-675-0-36What will it take to get more girls to sign on to coding? It would certainly help if there were more women mentors; but alas, they are few and far between. I am told that one of the key ways for anyone to get started in coding is to have a specific project (i.e. an idea or a problem to solve). With that project in mind, the apprentice learns the code necessary to fix that problem. Certainly, coding needs to be generalized in curricula at schools. Secondly, the startups need to foster an environment that is appropriate. It won’t be easy, but I do believe it is a strategic issue, given the dearth of coders in today’s marketplace. I have to believe that finding engaging and meaningful projects will be one of the keys to encouraging girls to take up coding.

What do you think it will take to get more girls/women into coding?

CutieCow17 wrote:

DevilKing54, are you even still running this?

Super, Yellow Honey To Wet 60 Signs Before Poking.

SolarWind12 wrote:

CutieCow17 wrote:

DevilKing54, are you even still running this?

Super, Yellow Honey To Wet 60 Signs Before Poking.

According to his activity log, he hasn't been around for two days!

CutieCow17 wrote:

SolarWind12 wrote:

CutieCow17 wrote:

DevilKing54, are you even still running this?

Super, Yellow Honey To Wet 60 Signs Before Poking.

According to his activity log, he hasn't been around for two days!

…
Good job DevilKing as a role model.

LegoRobin6 wrote:

username: @legorobin6
perferable position: writer
exp: 9