• oce 🐆@jlai.lu
      1·
      10 months ago

      There seems to be an over representation of visible trans women among independent open source programers.

      • Vub@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        Oh, OK, I’ve never noticed that, thanks. Sounds logical, there is probably much more societal stigma in the corporate office world.

  • dan@upvote.au
    1·
    10 months ago

    Alternate version:

    > use the internet

    > it works

    > thank you furries

    (for whatever reason, there seems to be an overrepresentation of furries in network admin roles)

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
    1·
    10 months ago

    I’ve installed a lot of software.

    Not once did I give a fleeting fuck about the meat around the brain who made it.

    Nice brain, though. THANKS, BRAIN!!

  • Evkob@lemmy.ca
    0·
    10 months ago

    Can someone tell me where all the trans FOSS devs/enthusiasts hang out IRL, I need friends 🥺

    ~Signed, a lonely trans FOSS enthusiast (not a programmer sadly, maybe I just need thigh high socks…)

    • autoexec@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      0·
      10 months ago

      Trans dev here, I hear that hacker spaces aren’t bad places to look. I wouldn’t know though, too shy to actually show up -.-

      • frezik@midwest.social
        1·
        10 months ago

        Depends on the culture of the space. For cis white males, no problem. Anyone outside that description, though, you might have to hunt to find one that’s welcoming.

        The makerspace I helped get off the ground is far from perfect, but we try. It was started in the first place because the existing makerspace in town was very much not welcoming to people outside of cis white males. Around 25% of our membership identifies as not male (which is really high for a makerspace, but we can do better). A super majority of the current board is also non-male identifying.

        Even there, we’re still pretty white.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      0·
      10 months ago

      Highly recommend picking up programming.

      1. Many communities are very welcoming.

      2. Worse case scenario, you end up loving programming and making it in a career and making a lot of money.

      Best case scenario, you contribute to open source.

      1. There’s lots of sources out there to get started. Best part, lots of online communities too.
      • Evkob@lemmy.ca
        1·
        10 months ago

        I am too dumb brain for programming :(

        I’ve tried a few times in the past to get into it but I just get overwhelmed. I’m frankly amazed by and so thankful for all the programmers who contribute to all of the great libre software I use. I am stuck at the level of knowing more about computers than essentially everyone I know or encounter, while simultaneously being a complete and utter noob to anyone who actually understands computing. I just know how to use search engines and follow instructions written by people smarter than me.

        • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          Don’t discount yourself. I’m dumb as shit. There’s a lot of dumb programmers. We just know a handful of things and kept beating our heads at it until suddenly, it works.

          Keep picking up things every year and after a few years, suddenly you know more than others and they keep promoting you.

        • kwedd@feddit.nl
          1·
          10 months ago

          I just know how to use search engines and follow instructions written by people smarter than me.

          99% of being a programmer is knowing what to Google, so you’re halfway there.