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MotownDangerPants
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05 Jun 2010, 2:41 pm

Do you think women gravitate more toward software and programming, while men do better with hardware?

Of COURSE I know that this can go either way and that a man or woman could excel at both, just a random musing.



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05 Jun 2010, 2:42 pm

I think both men and women on the spectrum go with software and the like.


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05 Jun 2010, 2:54 pm

It depends really . . . if the Aspie gets more intellectually out of tactile interaction than visual, then there is hardware orientation. If its a visual preference, then programming. Ive done a bit of both and personally, they have about the same meaning to me: I like the hardware just like i would a jigsaw puzzle, looking at where the pieces go, and how things would fit together. I enjoy the programming for the sake of problem solving (knowing what rule/s to use when and where).



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05 Jun 2010, 3:07 pm

I like both software and hardware programming, but I think it's irrelevant to classify general medium of interest based on the gender.


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05 Jun 2010, 4:16 pm

PlatedDrake wrote:
It depends really . . . if the Aspie gets more intellectually out of tactile interaction than visual, then there is hardware orientation. If its a visual preference, then programming. Ive done a bit of both and personally, they have about the same meaning to me: I like the hardware just like i would a jigsaw puzzle, looking at where the pieces go, and how things would fit together. I enjoy the programming for the sake of problem solving (knowing what rule/s to use when and where).


Agreed. I'm very visually oriented and a programmer. Not into tactile/physical pursuits in general, including hardware.



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05 Jun 2010, 4:22 pm

I don't think gender really affects this so much.



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05 Jun 2010, 4:51 pm

I am definitely a coder even though i don't mind playing with hardware either.


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05 Jun 2010, 5:19 pm

I am more into hardware myself than software. With having ADHD, I find programming something to be hard to focus on. :)



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05 Jun 2010, 5:47 pm

alex wrote:
I don't think gender really affects this so much.

I agree with alex.