she++ The Documentary - Good Girl Gone Geek

[@SuperPrincess1010]

I'm in high school and took my first cs class last year. At first i felt super intimidated because there was only two girls in the class and all of the guys seemed to have been coding for forever. It was my teacher that encouraged me and inspired me to continue programming which has kept me interested in computer science. I encourage all girls to get out there and take a cs class, it can be difficult but is very rewarding

[@fadmad7257]

Look anyone can do what they want to do, as a male coder who lives up to the stereotype of a nerdy all nighter coder, i think everyone should do CS, black,white men/women!!!!!

[@DrFreeman-21]

My former manager initially had a lot of resistance. She was amazing at automation that blew people out of the water. We also had a girl who was a QA engineer who could fix most problems in less than 5 minutes. Her nickname was Bot because her style was ruthlessly technical.

[@ibarrettall]

I'm a male CS student and I relate best with the female students. I think it's because I hadn't started programming until I was at university, and I don't fit the CS stereotype. Thank you for helping my recognize how diversity is a strength in CS as well; I need reminding sometimes. I'll definitely be sharing this inspiring doc with others!

[@annakubistova]

I started to learn to code not even a year ago, I started with free online classes and during that year I made several webpages, I am creating web app and I started encouraging more girls into learning how to code. It is actually quite easy way to make some money, if you are student, instead of taking boring low paid jobs as waitress I can create a website:-). I am not saying I am a web developer and that I know everything- so far I know very little but even with this very little I can create big things and it motivates me to learn more and more. I just with I started when I was younger...

[@jasminegrandberry4990]

Anna Anežka Kubistová Hi, Anna, can we be friends? I am a girl and a comp sci major. This makes the most sense for me, but honestly I am still scared. I am also having money problems and I need to make more. Can you help?

[@dnch]

šikulka:)

[@johnnastrom9400]

+Anna Anežka Kopecká It is not called "coding". Damn.

[@locoindio]

sexist

[@andreaaldrich4046]

Which online programs did you use?

[@plumlemon9792]

I want to become a mobile app developer someday. I'm currently working full time to go to school for a BA in Comp sci. For now, I'm learning the basics of Coding from sites like Treehouse to have a basic understanding of programming so i can develop a portfolio . Also, thinking about joining a meetup group in my area which consists of professional/unprofessional female programmers to network with. I'm working my ass off but it'll pay off in a few years. I'm committed to making it happen :)

[@Nautilus1972]

+Plum Lemon "mobile app developer someday..." Why not now? That's not the attitude to go with. You don't need a piece of paer to be a programmer. Get your head into .NET now etc. Good luck with everything.

[@plumlemon9792]

I say someday because im not the best programmer. But i get what you mean. I like that kind of mentality. :)

[@rijatru]

+Plum Lemon I got My first job in mobile development after 9 months of learning how to do it for android and ios. Working in real projects will help you improve a lot.

[@johnvonhorn2942]

+Plum Lemon If the person next to you is twice as smart just work three times as hard. Focus on what you want to achieve and then make that happen. Who cares about how smart you are relative to others? Why waste time worrying about things you cannot change? Just be the best you can be. Most importantly, enjoy what you do :)

[@plumlemon9792]

John von Horn I totally agree. I used to feel like I'm not smart enough. But, then i realized I had bad friends who made me feel that way. If I ever speak to them about my goals in life they look at me like I'm crazy and tell me I'll probably hate my job, or having this kind of knowledge won't really get me a good job. I don't talk to them anymore. :p

[@leilanidoofy90]

I love this video. I started learning programming for 3 months now. As a women who has never tried it before it let me tell you...it is hard, very hard but I am determined not to give up!

[@strikex3892]

lol at the computer science documentary that uses Yahoo and Bing as search engines.

[@suyogshrestha2093]

I am really glad that more and more people are attracted to CS as it's so much creative and logical field. I am a student of Computer Science as well and m really really proud of it. I think when there are more coders in the world the global communication between different people across the world is possible leading to more development :D.

[@xXxBOLTxX]

I would love to study this, but as a girl my parents think it's not for me... It seems like I wouldn't succeed...

[@InfiniteVisionsArts]

This is exactly why I have a goal to expose my 5 year old daughter to a minimum of 1 hour of computer time each day. IT WILL = CAREER$!

[@TheBodah]

Where are the documentaries about the struggles of male graduates?

[@UnknownDude007]

You fool, us men have no struggles.

[@anatsusha09]

UnknownDude007 Don't you mean white males,because I will guaranteed you that black men and women isn't getting the encouragement to get into the CS field

[@brian4480]

"Struggling to write my first hello world program".... You interviewed someone that struggled with a few lines of code? Why?

[@darkwoodmovies]

What about men in fashion, child care, etc? This issue spans more than one gender and more than one subject.

[@Haz2288]

I agree that Intro to CS courses are more intimidating than other intro courses. But complaining about people having prior experience at Stanford? Really?

[@topsilog2236]

my aunt from my mother side and another aunt from my father side both have a degree in computer science..but they are both full time mom now...while im a male in my 30's without a degree desperately trying to have a career in tech..oh life...

[@atothek1234]

What if I do conform to the computer science nerd stereotype?

[@alyshavand4860]

So inspiring!!!

[@gavincaesar3999]

Fun fact Louis CK's mom was a programmer.

[@chrisgodberartist]

That is a fun fact

[@000Gua000]

After they used bing to search internet, this documentary became a fiction for me.

[@RetemVictor]

I am always disappointed when people talk about women in CS and don't mention Grace Hopper. Thank Grace Hopper everytime you hit that compile button without her we would not have compilers!!!!

[@papillon2135]

I took a programming class in my high school and was super intimidated by the fact that I was one of the few girls out of the class. I dropped it a week or so later and replaced it with home economics, which I hated even more. :/ I program in my free time now but it sucks because I have a terrible case of impostor's syndrome.

[@agirlwithdreams15]

Papillon i was the only girl in my web design after the other female student dropped. i know how you feel

[@Amanda-bg7ib]

How is computer science applied in fashion? 7:18 I'm geniunly curious

[@leilanidoofy90]

Amanda all shopping apps for fashion need to be made by programmers. (Buying clothes from say forever 21 website/app). They also need algorithms to figure out what people are buying or looking for the most in searches etc. you need technology in every aspect of life.

[@Steve-sz2or]

My AP Computer Science class in high school has a pretty balanced male-to-female ratio, which is a good sign. However, I go to a very racially diverse school, and the class has no under-represented minorities (Blacks and Latinos), so I don't know what to think of it.

[@jasminegrandberry4990]

Steve32797 "diverse" but no minorities, huh?...

[@johnnastrom9400]

+Steve32797 It may not be a good sign depending on how they achieved the gender balance? Were there quotas? Just seems very suspicious.

[@Nautilus1972]

+Steve32797 A class is not representative as to who ends up as a lead developer.

[@Syrolenka]

I' sorry guys but I find some of your comments really.... sexist. To claim that most women are dolls who like money, cars etc. and hate science while guys are so clever and all want to become scientists is just stupid! I have known many guys who were more interested in drinking than studying any kind of science. And I have known very brilliant and intelligent girls (by the way I am one of them ;-) with big potential who were simply intimidated by the traditional gender roles. So what we need is showing girls that they can succeed in computer (and any other) science as well as guys. But what we need even more, is a fair system afterwards, when these girls become mothers, so that they can continue their career and follow their passion.

[@agirlwithdreams15]

+John Kembel IT isnt a "male" club. Women and girls can join the "IT sphere" sorry bud, but women like IT too

[@wallhack7244]

hahah, the fact that you call yourself intelligent, probably means that you are not

[@scottaveles6900]

Blah blah blah. There are just some things women aren't nearly as good as men are at doing. Like almost everything. Get the fuck over it.

[@stevegcq]

It has been confirmed that the proportion of females in traditionally male areas is LESS in the most *'gender equal'* countries. Such as Norway or Sweden. In these countries, the gender gaps INCREASE in occupations such as engineering (10% women) and nursing (almost 90% women). So if stereotypes are negated by education and affirmative action, and if people have more choice due to massive socialist policies and support, *larger differences* result. For evidence watch the video, *The Gender Equality Paradox - Documentary NRK - 2011*

[@user-go9kw6wf4m]

@@stevegcq it's just a hypothesis not a solid proof

[@mikew2911]

2:00 The vocal fry is REAL

[@xBloodXGusherx]

+Mike R Is that the voice women make when they want to sound fake and generic?

[@tamilshoutcom]

This documentary is so wrong and possibly discouraging. At 10:26 "If you are good at math, if you are good at science" what kind of f-ed up logic is that. You can't do Comp science if you aren't good at those? Really?

[@Savageboi506]

Thanks for the transcript I couldn't understand with that lisp

[@IoanaRaduIoRa]

It's enough to read most of the comments on this video to realise why we need more videos like this and why we need more women in tech...

[@slr150]

+Ioana Radu ZnVjayBvZmY=

[@locoindio]

and your comments illustrate that women are perpetually whiny and incapable of dealing with the real world

[@IoanaRaduIoRa]

Sad trolls :)

[@slr150]

+John Kembel They do fashion and become this . All they're good for IMO.

[@workhorseoeenanimal]

slr150 Couldnt of said it better myself, sneaky hores is all they are . lol

[@SumarlinPutra]

thumbs up for the motion graphic.. .

[@prakriti8265]

a good idea but how do the proposed we force more women to be interested in pursuing a caree involving computers

[@breebw]

4:13 Things are different. You cannot compare Rosie the Rivetor to todays "females in tech roles". Rosie the Rivetor: War production, when the War dept had unlimited resources and power, life affected communities directly - husbands were gone, restrictions in goods, entire communities affected. Soldiers being killed in staggering numbers. "females in tech roles" - Youth just want a degree. They want easy work. Peers are sparse. Role models are sparse and special cases. Companies react to "Women in tech" media stories by show casing and parading special hires. And as this video verifies, foreigners out number local labor.

[@Malakabuhammad]

@The Documentary Network I want to translate this video to Arabic & re-publish it for Arabic communities, how can i do this?

[@Savageboi506]

by yourself

[@Malakabuhammad]

Flame2057 yes, I know, i'm asking how can I legalize it

[@MasterTSayge]

At least teachers and professors are encouraging young women to be coders. I'm a black man and ALL my Professors and teachers, especially women discourage me from being a programmer. All My professors told me to drop the class, and I had a female student in my class who was such a party animal who didn't even know how to use windows and the teachers pushed her to stay in the computer major and she's doing fine. Black Boys have it far far worst. We should have a Black++.

[@AkshayAradhya]

holy shit the first asian girl sounds like Happy from Scorpion. 100% similiar

[@maryclark6347]

+Akshay Aradhya that is her

[@SticklyDaKing]

hoooooooooooooooow about.... We don't try to draw lines about giving women more degrees in computer science, and give it too people who enlist, and want to do it.

[@prim16]

People commenting on this video: 1. Female advocates 2. Butthurt males I'm saying this as a male.

[@kaypakaipa8559]

Nope, its about the fascination of taking an idea, write some code and watching the bits & bytes produce a response. The long debugging hours, the feel of typing away long scripts. Building complex logic and interfaces. Myself im a economics major, but self taught to code Python,C, JavaScript. As sad is it sounds im fascinated by computing as a whole. I believe that's why theres a lot of men in CS. The fascination over Computers as compared to the $$$, its tht fascination tht leads to great creations & companies

[@Pentoute45]

Good Girl Gone..... ...GREATER !!

[@fathiomar3263]

I want to be programmer girl how can you helping me

[@PetrZdarsky]

You don't have to be good at math to be good programmer. Yes you will need it to pass throught your math class at university, but C is a good grade too. Good programmer knows the language and how to use it.

[@kech-agmaio8620]

its also a good language

[@Atombender]

I like how 90% of all women featured in this vid are East Asians.

[@darkheart1721]

2:14 the one on the left is pretty cute.

[@FluffyKittenMittens1]

***** Do you not realize that both of those comments are their own freedoms of speech? The only difference is the context, but you're honestly a Goddamn hypocrite.

[@darkheart1721]

themetr0gn0me No problem.

[@Savageboi506]

Good one

[@KaliumX]

Men are not the limiting factor... At least, men are not less limiting toward men! Business isn't "friendly". You have to be productive and efficient. If you can't support this pressure, you won't do it! From my experience working with women, I observed that working with women involves drama, sentiments, hypocrisy! The funny thing is that they recognize this thread and most of them seems to prefer working with men! "Less bitching, more working!" I love women, but not at work! We are different!

[@user-um7tw6kx4r6]

The title is interesting, too bad the content is so sappy.

[@r34p3r_here]

awesome. i love women. more women like megan fox yeah?

[@imonabudget4427]

while I do think that it is important to include more women in the tech world and I don't agree most comments on this video, I think that this documentary is enorsing the cause of the exact problem it is trying to counter. The problem is not necessarily that many tech people are nerdy and solitary, that is a stereotype. The problem is that in western society everybody is so superficial that he won't give something that is associated with such a stereotype a chance. If you endorse thinking in boxes like that you won't solve this problem, you will only make it worse.

[@NarayanLoke]

What is the logic behind having 60% women and 40% men, I don't get it.

[@isaiasprestes]

Here in the Philippines there are many girls coding. Looks like the problem happens in that side of the world. Come'on, just go there and code!

[@brian4480]

8:13 "women blame themselves"..... A. Dumbest comment I have ever heard uttered. B. This entire video is based on you all blaming outside factors for the lack in female coders. I feel like I am from a different planet watching this video.

[@johnnyjohn9961]

truth

[@dnch]

exactly, nobody encouraged me, i was nerd, everybody laughed at me (including girls).. now i am the one that laughs

[@dnch]

***** because i killed them

[@sofiafarina]

brian4480 It wasnt a just "comment" - it was based on a statistics done in Stanford.

[@dynamo3059]

I don't get it, why are these women encouraging more people to join the field and become competition for themselves? Don't they realize that tech jobs are just as bound by the law of supply and demand as anything else? It is only a high paying field because demand is high and supply is low, if we were to start getting a flood of new CS graduates then suddenly the CS degree isn't worth all that much anymore.

[@Breaker242]

nachos Why is it that in every tech forum and comments section there are morons like you acting like programming is some kind of secret club that we have to keep people out of in order to lower supply? One doesn't really see this in any other field. Encouraging people to find the job of their dreams and discover their path in life is generally seen as a very good thing. Only in the programming field is it that you get these fat autistic basement-dwellers who think programming should be some kind of underhanded exclusive clubhouse or something.

[@dynamo3059]

Lebanese Edgyist only in programming? what are you talking about? people have been bashing the liberal arts fields for ages now, because people who pursue those fields largely go unemployed after they graduate, with little to no marketable skills to show for their time spent in education, combined with an over-saturated market for those types of degrees. i was simply commenting that if everyone started doing computer science for their undergraduate major, assuming that was even possible, the market for computer science majors would soon become over-saturated as the liberal arts fields already have. the high pay and good career opportunities that computer science majors currently face, is precisely because there are so few of them in comparison to the amount of work out there available for them. why do these people want to devalue their degree? why do they want to take money and jobs away from themselves? that is what i don't understand.

[@Breaker242]

nachos People attack liberal arts students because they are spending major amounts of time and money to pursue a degree that doesn't confer onto them any marketable skills whatsoever. The criticism that is levied against people who promote the IT field as a career choice is completely different, and the two discussions have literally nothing to do with each other. The reason why liberal arts is a bad degree choice is because liberal arts is meaningless and worthless in the first place.

[@johnnastrom9400]

+Lebanese Edgyist "Only in the programming field is it that you get these fat autistic basement-dwellers who think programming should be some kind of underhanded exclusive clubhouse or something""Fat and Autistic"" Wow... what a bigot you are. Also, have you ever heard of the legal profession? They are notorious for lobbying legislatures for setting up barriers to entry.

[@johnnastrom9400]

+Eco Village I have heard that for many years but it never seems to reduce the number of job offers I receive. Also, the nature of education in many of these Asian countries makes most graduates unemployable in American Tech firms.

[@szeredaiakos]

women take all the tiny little problems and form them into one big problem and trying to solve it. it's how they function. they always work in the context of the bigger picture. men break apart things, not just the big problems, even the tiny problems get broken down if the resulting "problem size" is smaller. computer science does not incorporate the first thinking pattern, so in order for a woman to become a programmer up to a certain point she has to learn to think like a man.

[@themetr0gn0me]

szeredai akos Your thinking is rigid. We don't know how much of our thinking patterns are learned, and how much are innate --- it's impossible to know, since we treat boys and girls differently from the day they're born. If a woman naturally thinks of problems in sections, would you say that's just the way she thinks, or would you insist she has "a man's thought process"? What about vice versa?

[@szeredaiakos]

themetr0gn0me dont get me wrong, the idea is not general and does not apply at an absolute 100% degree to a 100% of cases. but if you soak a brain in more testosterone throughout an entire evolutionary line it tends to differ from the ones that are not that saturated. its just a hypothesis based on my personal experience, it reflects what is, not what can be. obviously both male and female brains have the benefit of a high degree of plasticity (1.5 kg of neurons tend to do that) and no individual will form fully to its gender implied paradigm. but there is a gender implied predisposition regardless if its formed during life experience or by genetics. - i'd probably say "unusual thinking for a woman". does it really matter? you cant talk about tendencies by singling out one example. that said, there is plenty of room for diffuse thinking in programming even though most languages are set up to favor the focused mind. - the formulation of an idea is probably not a good example of rigid thinking, wouldn't you agree?

[@themetr0gn0me]

szeredai akos "regardless if its formed during life experience or by genetics." That was my point. And to be fair, you did say "always".

[@szeredaiakos]

themetr0gn0me my mistake then

[@teckyify]

It's scary that girls have different preferences? 😂

[@Z3r0_d4yz]

I'm just here to say that you shouldn't give a flying fuck about what other people think. I don't care if you're a man, a woman this that, bla bla! Just go for it! 👌📚👨‍💻

[@JhonSupelano]

please subs in spanish

[@jay20112012]

it just me but I do not get the point of making this video you either want to do computer science or you do not Women are strong, clever, independent and are just as capable as men. Any thing a man can a women can do. The reason they are not a lot women in computer science is that they have no passion for it. It does not matter whether it is a law or mathematics if the person has no passion for it they would not do it. I love computers, I am fascinated with the way they work, I love reading books, taking computers abouts, that is the reason I started learning how to program at a very young age, in fact I did even know of the name computer science all I wanted was to take a computer apart seen how it works, what program make it run ever since I saw my first computer at the age of 5. If you have to force someone to do program then they are bound to drop out. Women or men when they want to learn to program they think about all the things thery would like to create which is good because they are already thinking abstract. But when it come to refine the details they realize in order to get the program to work they have to write an x amout of code, even worse they have to create an algorithm. Boring boring and they give up, In order to be a geek you must love computers despite whether they is money involve, that is the true definition of a geek and those are the people that revolunise the internet.

[@kidichan5639]

It feels as though these women should be respected more just because they are women. What?O.o. Most of the times, the outstanding programmers are men so you aren't really going to suddenly become my "role model" just because you're a woman. A programmer is a programmer. Male or female. Skills earn you respect not your gender. I see NOTHING special about this women.

[@uchu5194]

gets good at 3:29

[@Savageboi506]

Thanks for making me vomit in my mouth again

[@ygjt76v0-----]

I can

[@johnvonhorn2942]

The world's first computer program was created by a woman - Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter and protégé of Charles Babbage. If a Victorian woman can rock in those times then there's nothing stopping modern women. You go, girls!

[@Savageboi506]

Citation Needed

[@DuirBlack]

Flame2057 You know there is a thing called Google, the search engine? 😂😂😂

[@ascii7085]

This is very sad that (some) girls apparently don't know how to use search engines, libraries, or bookstores. Do they not know where the 'on' switch is? Computer Science can be hard, so can life. Though unlike so many other aspects of life, computers don't give you an advantage for being pretty, delicate, or 'special'. The computer doesn't care who writes the code, boy, girl, trans, alien, etc. If they do it correctly it works, if they do not it does not work. This must be difficult for some to understand. The computer expects the code to make sense. It does not know to give girls a special exception for being female (like many professors and universities do). Also women don't have a penis, therefore they only have 10 digits to type with. This puts them at a significant disadvantage. Which is why the extra help is necessary for them to adapt to the field. he - -

[@themetr0gn0me]

ascii 70 85 TIL penises are prehensile.

[@ascii7085]

themetr0gn0me No not grasping, just 'poking'/tapping/typing. Since this is the obvious physical difference, it must account for why (some) women apparently need help in the field. Others have apparently learned to use their nose or something. Perhaps this is also why males don't want women in the computer field? When they try to use all 11 digits some women complain of sexual harassment?

[@aakksshhaayy]

+themetr0gn0me I use my penis to often hit the spacebar. Saves a lot of time.

[@SamSensei955]

So what this is saying because men in this field are nerdy women don't want to go into computer science.

[@lancewalker2595]

Funny, most of the successful women in tech. utilized their genders in some way. Its almost as though men have to get through on pure science.

[@NFtheend]

10:00 Quizlet ripoff.

[@KaliumX]

Sadly, men bitching is becoming more and more a reality... Stereotypes isn't a "wrong" thing... It is a tool! Like any tool, it can be used the wrong way for the wrong reason. Prejudices based on stereotype is usually a bad thing, but stereotype isn't!

[@bettymars4648]

The Danger of Single Story tellers - Stereotype. We are way better than that.

[@adamfallon4283]

And as soon as you hire a woman, boom your signing a contract that on average entitles women to 18+ months paid leave (2.5 children). In a sector that moves so fast, that is extremely offputting

[@pokemaster2464]

lol

[@NarayanLoke]

Also, "fake it till you make it" is a really bad idea. People in the tech industry are not forgiving to the fakers. Only encourage those who are interested, no matter what sex, race, country they belong to. It is better to have one great programmer rather than having 10 bad ones.

[@THEPOWER99FM]

That is because women, do not like computer's in a real tech field. But a very few small portion do. Computers are more of a guy's thing, just like video-games and car's. Women use a computer for like KZbin, twitter and Facebook. And writing in word and a music player. But some women, do more with a computer it just depends. But mostly guys like me, are more in depth and in tune with computer's in all areas. Guys love tech, and most girls just love money, makeup, doll's and cute dress's with shoes, and nice cars to drive.

[@ana-maria62245]

You're definitely not "in depth" with grammar.

[@THEPOWER99FM]

Ana-Maria Chiper i am not such a good speller, we all can't be perfect.

[@themetr0gn0me]

THEPOWER99FM [citation needed] You might find this interesting, it's about the decline of women in coding: www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding

[@haleyszczepanski1136]

+THEPOWER99FM i love computers, video games, music, makeup and shoes....and who the heck doesn't love money??

[@andreaaldrich4046]

THEPOWER99FM That isn't true. I'm a woman and I play video games, and I decided to go into programming on my own accord. I tried to fit into the stereotype of playing with dolls when I was a child and I found it boring.

[@shaz3r786]

The only reason women get into computers is to go live on twitch and strip for money in front of thirsty gamers.

[@rokas666]

fake it till you make it?! the f

[@njgamer69]

mgtow