One study suggests that the perceived work environment is too geeky:<div><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34437233/ns/technology_and_science-science/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34437233/ns/technology_and_science-science/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I also suspect that much Haskell promotion is targeted towards male oriented sites, which does not help things:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.quantcast.com/slashdot.org" target="_blank">http://www.quantcast.com/slashdot.org</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.quantcast.com/reddit.com" target="_blank">http://www.quantcast.com/reddit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>So, basically, just cultural issues combined with 'poorly targeted' marketing. So, stop being so geeky ;)</div>
<div><br></div><div>- jeremy<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/3/27 Günther Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gue.schmidt@web.de" target="_blank">gue.schmidt@web.de</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
from the names of people on the list it seems that all users here are males.<br>
<br>
Just out of curiosity are there any female users here, or are we guys only at the moment?<br>
<br>
Günther<br>
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