Episode 19: Company Apprenticeships and Gender Questions

Bart and Pete discuss encouraging in-company learning and soon veer in to the topic of gender in tech and gender questions in general.

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Show notes:

• Does having the word "boobs" in the description or title boost our search score?
• Does a CS degree help with a job in IT?
• CS may help for programing, but not really so much in IT
• Programming can be self-taught
• Pete laments a lack of apprenticeships for programming
• Bart laments a lack of in-company mentorships
• Pete thinks it's not worth it without a measurable profit to the company
• Are free lunches for camaraderie, or a way to get more productivity?
• On a person-centric note, gender and technology
• Also, most awkward segue ever!
• Linux journal article referenced: Click Here
• Do girls do better in "girl classes" because they pretend to be stupid for boys?
• Pete is essentially accidentally offensive
• What is harassment?
• Loyalty for a company
• FaceBook added 50 options for gender