Comment by Andrew Baisden on "We've Been Here Since the Beginning"

I tried to restrict this article to just debunking the stereotype that women are not suited to programming. Mostly because unlike other stereotypes affecting women in the workforce, it goes viral on Twitter like once a quarter and it's so incredibly easy to refute. Not to mention it highlights how easily a career can flip from women's work to men's work and how that flip is usually driven by high salaries.

It's easy to acknowledge that the "get back in the kitchen" mindset is prevalent and hope it goes away. It's another thing to think about what you can be doing on a regular basis to challenge it and the people who still cling to it. Women are being underpaid and driven out of tech every day, so we don't have the luxury of like ignoring it and hoping the pay gap closes soon.

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