(08-28-2014, 09:52 PM)Javagirl22 Wrote: Oh mein Gott...!!! Thank you a lot for welcoming me here personally! :Gasp:
I have read your interview in the news section somewhere and want to tell you that you´re awesome! I can´t believe I got a personal welcome from you, oh my gaawd...!!!!! This is awesome! :Grin:
It´s cool to meet other German people here. ^^
And thank you very much for the Kaffee. 
Hello again, Aye.
I didn't know that my presence could freak you out. Maybe I should have given you a caffeine-free coffee.

I just had to welcome you. Your nick contains the word Java, and you are from Germany. That would have been reason enough, but also remind me of myself 10 years ago. Or 14 years ago. (Damn, now I feel old).
Quote:Other than that I love Astronomy. I have dreamt of becoming an astronaut ever since I was 9 years old! But I´ve kinda given up hope on that one since, you know, although no one admits it, they prefer men. No matter how good I am, my gut feeling is convinced that I don´t stand a chance against my competitors. This is something that makes me cry whenever I think about it.
You are now on another path, but one with similar difficulties (there are also fields in computer science, where women are seen as inferior). So let me tell you: If you don't try, you will never get to live your dreams. So go for it.
Your gender doesn't matter at all. Wait, technically it does; but your gender is
not responsible for your skills. You are. We yet have to convince everyone else that this is true (I am constantly working on it).
Let me tell you a quote from
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news...rk-718061/
Quote:As computer scientist Dr. Grace Hopper told a reporter, programming was “just like planning a dinner. You have to plan ahead and schedule everything so that it’s ready when you need it…. Women are ‘naturals’ at computer programming.”
That was at a point in time where most programmers were women. It is a funny quote, because now people are doing the same thing vice-versa by telling people "men are good at programming, because they think more logically and abstract"
Both sentences are bullshit. Neither men, nor women are naturally more talented in programming than the opposite gender.
Have a nice day.
Deque