Technoglitch
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It’s often guys we think of when someone says “computer nerds” and they are considered to be the undisputed lords of the dark corners of the internet. But there’s a new research that has finally balanced the gender fight for brain power.
According to researchers at Cal Poly and North Carolina State University, the ladies kick more butts when it comes to coding. The paper on the matter is still awaiting peer review, so the guys will soon get their swing at its credibility.
Researchers analyzed the actions of four million people who accessed GitHub with an account over the course of one day, on April 1, 2015. GitHub is one of the largest and most popular creators of software, boasting to have contributed to more than 31 million projects.
The team was able to determine the gender of 1.4 million users by either checking their profiles or by connecting their email addresses to social media.
Interestingly, users accepted 4 percent more code contributions – also known as pull requests – completed by women than by men (78.6 percent vs. 74.6 percent).
In other words, code made by women and subscribed to GitHub has a higher acceptance rate than what their peers come up with. The paper also suggested that one of the reasons behind this difference is the fact that “women disproportionately make contributions that projects need more urgently.”
What’s more disturbing, is that regardless of the requests’ urgent factor, the code created by women was accept only when they didn’t “outright display their gender.”
Ladies Kick More Butts When it Comes to Coding, Study | TND
According to researchers at Cal Poly and North Carolina State University, the ladies kick more butts when it comes to coding. The paper on the matter is still awaiting peer review, so the guys will soon get their swing at its credibility.
Researchers analyzed the actions of four million people who accessed GitHub with an account over the course of one day, on April 1, 2015. GitHub is one of the largest and most popular creators of software, boasting to have contributed to more than 31 million projects.
The team was able to determine the gender of 1.4 million users by either checking their profiles or by connecting their email addresses to social media.
Interestingly, users accepted 4 percent more code contributions – also known as pull requests – completed by women than by men (78.6 percent vs. 74.6 percent).
In other words, code made by women and subscribed to GitHub has a higher acceptance rate than what their peers come up with. The paper also suggested that one of the reasons behind this difference is the fact that “women disproportionately make contributions that projects need more urgently.”
What’s more disturbing, is that regardless of the requests’ urgent factor, the code created by women was accept only when they didn’t “outright display their gender.”
Ladies Kick More Butts When it Comes to Coding, Study | TND
