Re: gender mix

On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 05:31:23PM +1100, [email protected] wrote:
> Random question... what sort of gender mix do people usually have in
> their classes?
> 
> I ask this because the last N courses I've run (Unix and Perl) have been
> more than 50% female, and it seems really strange to me.

Kirrily,

Around here (Seattle), I could probably charge 25% more to the 
male students if I could tell them in advance that the F/M ratio would
be that favorable! 8-}   Seriously, in my 16 years of software training
experience, I'd say that 90% of our classes have had fewer than 7% females
( <= 1 out of 14 students ), and 95% have had fewer than 14% !

Are you an especially eligible bachelor, by any chance? 8-}

-Tim
P.S. *Just* got off the phone with United Airlines - spent some frequent
flier miles for a RT to Sydney in March/April - so "throw another shrimp
on the barbie!"

 
> K.
> 
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