[mikelyons]

I don't mean at work, I just mean in my personal life I rarely meet women who even use computers in their own freetime beyond social media. Is it offensive to give an anecdote about having met thousands of woman and only a handful who are above intermediate computing skill? It's not a value judgement of them as people I'm just saying it's very rare to encounter.

I would defo be interested to find some social event or organization where I can meet more women who are. At the moment I am teaching my SO how to power use her computer, use unix, write code, and she's making incredible strides, she just never had anyone in her life who was patient and willing to teach her.

I imagine the only reason I was able to auto-didact it was because our culture fosters the initiative with technology for boys but not for girls when we're growing up.

I also realized just now that my perspective may be skewed thinking I'm average skill level when really I may be above that and dunning-kruegered.

[imtringued]

Has any study ever correlated computer usage with programming ability? It wouldn't surprise me if low computer usage is the primary cause.

[mikelyons]

Well I didn't mention programming skill, I just mean like, the ability to solve one's own computer problems. Knowing how to touch-type, or knowing keyboard shortcuts.