What are the differences between female and male programmers?

for more details), the women who remain in this field would tend to be more capable on average than their male counterparts. Of course, this is probably an over-generalization. read more

A female programmer solves problems differently than a male programmer not because she is female, but because living in this world as a female has given her experience that most male programmers do not have. Living in this world as a female has required her to solve problems in ways that most male programmers have not. read more

And given then the top programmers are twenty times more effective than the worst (Code Complete, 2nd Edition, page 548), it may be better to turn away most women and many men programmers in order to attract the best workers. read more