In contrast, people who look like me can just kinda do programming for work if we want, or not do it, or switch into it later, or out of it again, or work quietly, or nerd-rant on how Ruby sucks or rocks or whatever, or name-drop monads. And nobody will make remarks about our appearance, about whether we’re truly dedicated hackers, or how our behavior might reflect badly on “our kind” of people. That’s silent technical privilege.
Interesting piece by Philip Guo on ‘silent technical privilege’. Thoughtful reflection on barriers to women and POC to programming and CS.
http://pgbovine.net/tech-privilege.htm
(via citizensmorgasbord)