The First Computers Were Human (and Mostly Women)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2017
- Jean Jennings Bartik was one of six human computers that programmed the first digital computer. But you've probably never heard of her.
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Back then, bugs meant bugs in the most literal sense. Bugs would often get caught in the machine, causing it to malfunction.
And thus the modern use of the word "bug" in software.
I am a woman in IT and what I think helps a lot is exposure from a very young age. My father was a programmer and I believe that definitely contributed to me going into IT. Programming is a very useful skill, that will help you analyze and fix problems in any field. I believe that we should introduce children to programming, teach it in schools. But I will not lie, it is often hard to be seen as equal in the field. I will often give a good answer to a customer's question, but they will sometimes not believe it until it is confirmed by a (male) colleague. I've had customers calling and asking for a 'more technical person', even though I'm just as skilled. But we have to keep fighting and proving we're just as smart as our male colleagues. What I also think would help is to have more female CEOs in tech companies, also for the sake of exposure. We are definitely out there and delivering excellent work... we are just not very visible.
Thank you for illuminating this little-known fact in our history! I think what you have done is something that can close the gender gap in computer science: show that women have always played a role in the history of computers. Such a shame that gender stereotypes are still such a harmful part of society, but hopefully with more representation, the stereotypes will be gone and we will see the gender gap disappear.
it's actually very well known and documented - in the 19th century accountants were also called 'computers' or 'calculators' ... there was NOTHING glamourous about the job and it required little to no intellect rather than being obedient and following precise instructions - but there was great need for many hands 'on deck' to set parameters on digital computers and do calculations by hand with adding machines ....
@@antigen4yeah because only men can do intellectual work , and the one done by women can only be a clerical job 🙄
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"Female computers were integral"
I see what you did there.
Or maybe, I +C what you did there.
I'll +C myself out.
I love that you guys make such important videos like this!
Somebody watched hidden figures
The reason computers were forgotten is because they were the "peons" - people who just did the heavy lifting but weren't in leadership positions. Obviously, like everything in history, the architect gets the credit, not the person who lays the bricks.
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Thank you! Glad you like it.
I think it doesn't help that women studying computer science are often depicted as ugly antisocial weirdos, I am studying computer science and I think it's really cool! My career is Computer Science and Multimedia Technology, and the biggest emphasis for it is video-game making. It is basically a mix between Computer Science and design, and that is how we have managed to have more women in computer science than any other computer science specialization in my country. Many girls enter with the mindset that they are gonna like the design aspect of the career better but often they choose the computer science side.
Well, Not long before. It was the same with men, You would only depict a guy using a computer as being a Nerd.
Great video!
Does anyone else get shocked by how loud the "Time Horse Productions" sound is at the end? Gets me every time. Maybe just lower it by a tiny bit?
It's so weird how much of the technology I love was created as a way to wage war.
Great video.
There's an easy solution. I'm gonna encourage every student I have to go into stem fields!
Using female role models
I think it's more of a "how should we treat people" kind of solution. If we as a society stop discouraging others when they express minor interest in something, but encourage them instead, then the problem will fix itself.
Also, maybe even having educators suggest more challenging career fields when potential talent is seen.
The answer to your last question, just make awesome videos like this!
the issue does not lie within the STEM field itself, I dont think atleast, since college enrollment for software engineering is already predominantly male. We need parents and schools to introduce their kids (including girls) to these fields.
But I don't understand why there isn't more push for men joining social and care job fields, if truly we want to equalize.
+mercotui We don't push for men to join social and care jobs because those careers often pay less than STEM fields and are considered by our society (for better or worse) to be less prestigious. Those positions in the field which are considered prestigious, such as medical doctors (as opposed to nurses), are already at the very least usually associated with men.
It's like how we don't (usually) push for women to become garbagemen (Garbagepeople? Garbagefolk? It sounds rude as a gender-neutral term) or dockworkers or truck drivers or any similar low-pay jobs which stereotypically belong to men. It would be insane to try to convince children to take a lower-paying job just because of their gender. We don't want to take men *out* of STEM fields, we just want to include *more* women.
Thanks for shining a light onto a part of history that most people don't hear about. It's great to see the women who pioneered the field of computer programing get recognition for it.
It would be great to have more women in STEM fields, it sucks having to deal with mainly guys.
This video was useful
Figure out why women aren't following these education paths and resulting careers. What careers are women gravitating to instead? Is the appeal of those other careers greater then STEM based options?
Truth is, that some of the best programers i know are women; and on the flip side, some of the worst and sloppiest programers i know are men. Perhaps because there are so many men in the field that the odds favor that gender being the worst?
I do think it is important that women be recognized for their contribution, no matter the field. No one deserves to be swept under the rug because of their race or gender.
Someone's standing behind you Craig
hey who's this new glasses guy?
No one is stopping women from going into STEM.
great video. props to those amazing women. i cannot even grasp what goes inside a computer...
The thing is, engineers are almost never credited for their breakthroughs. At least not nearly enough. All the credits, fame and money goes to enterpreneurs. Thats the nature of capitalism
Nope. It's the nature of HUMANS. People will naturally just remember the guy who is the front man, not all of the inner workings and people behind the company. People know a Rolex watch, but almost nobody knows the name or job of each gear inside of it.
Keep on highlighting the work until the World notices.
How can we, as a society, work on a problem that is largely ignored? Firstly, it needs to be recognized nationally and the deniers of gender, race, religious, sexuality etc discrimination shut down with reliable, peer tested, reproducible stats. As a retired woman of color, I've been there, dealt with that.
Our world heroes, such as those highlighted here, Turing, Katherine Johnson and so many others should be names as familiar to our population as George Washington along with their stories told honestly, including the parts we are ashamed of now.
Hope those MRAs see this video who say woMeN ArE not iNnateLy interested in stem
Crash Course: Computer Science is an excellent example of an introduction to the field of programming by a female role model.
It starts with Wonder Woman. We need to show little girls that they too can be SuperHeros.Then continue to instill in them that they can are just as smart as boys if not smarter as they grow older. We need to change the the attitude, that we hold about women and their place being in the home. Last time I checked , more women graduating college than men. This is the case , then why are there so few women in these fields?
Sander Anderson because their degrees are on gender studies.
Long, long, long ago, back when I did my CS degree there was a blind woman also doing a CS degree. As far as I knew no one in any of my classes ever thought she shouldn't be there - she was just a part of the group, like any of the other women or men. But now the message from feminism is that they won't get a fair shake if they go into a STEM field, and there's always the option of taking gender studies. Who would want to get into a field if they believe they will be discriminated against when they can do something else?
As for role models? Were you trying to make a joke? Really, you were, right? I mean come on, girls need even more female role models? Just how many do they need? Numerous tv shows have men as buffoons, women as strong and independent. There are numerous single-mother households where children have no contact with men. In school they see only women teachers in the earlier grades. A child's life is often nothing but women, and female role models, until they get to high school.
People deciding on their own which jobs they wish to pursue is a first-world problem, and is pretty low on the things I think society should care about. But the one sure way to fix the problem is to make a country less free.
www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem/553592/
Personally, the more women who skip both the STEM fields and the gender studies option, the more writers there might be like Janet Evanovich. Ever read her Stephanie Plum series? The woman is a genius at writing, which to me suggests that perhaps feminists should get out of the way of women, and let those women choose what they want to do. The results might surprise the feminists. Many will choose a path that they have a passion for, and will be great at what they have chosen.
Have you talked to women who have been in this field? Then how can you conclude that they don't face any sexism.
Nd this gender equality paradox has already been debuked
NO! MATT YOUR BEARD!!
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The question is why is it gone? I smell a murder mystery.
0:48 *Huaaaah!* Who is th...oh.
I am good with calculation
when eckert and mauchly RIPPED OFF the idea from John Atanasoff maybe ...?
Why did you skip Ada Lovelace?
Is it really really really
I'm a male pursuing a stem degree and I hate how male dominant it all is. The females in my classes are usually the top students too.
Because those women who are, few in between, are really into it. So they put their dedication into it.
I think because a lot of guys chose stem because it pays well but the girls go only if they are passionate
Debunked I don't even know most women are listenning when men invented computers not women
Very few women did human computers or were
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Anyone else shudder when he pronounces it EE-knee-ack instead of EN-knee-ack?
No?
I'm the only pretentious guy here?
ok...
As a programmer, I really want there to be more women working in computing and programming as I simply work better with them personally, however, I read through the sources here and it stinks of social constructionism and equality of outcome which are ideologically motivated. This one www.accenture.com/t20161018T094638__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/next-gen-3/girls-who-code/Accenture-Cracking-The-Gender-Code-Report.pdf is pretty disturbing as bad piece of social "science" which has an extremely flawed methodology from a science perspective and reads more like a manifesto or action plan than anything. I have no doubt there are ways to encourage a greater number of females to enter a coding profession but I would rather do it honestly (and actually controlling for variables in god damn research) than pushing it ideologically. It will just cause push back, and none of us want that.
Sooo... what exactly is stopping women from choosing to study computer science today?
Have you ever wanted to do something, but didn't because you didn't fit into the group?
Yoga because it's mostly women?
Go to the gym because it's mostly already fit people?
Women find it weird to go to school for a major where there is a significant chance of being the only woman in the lecture hall. Because that's how humans are.
it's also a frustratingly sexist field in general. sure, there are exceptions, but i can't tell you how many conversations i've had with female coder friends about the toxic environments they have to work in. it's often the case of finding the least toxic company to work for. even a single person spewing subtly sexist crap on a regular basis makes it an environment that wears at you.
Michael Jones I personally think it all comes down to priorities Michael. I really think its that simple. What I have personally noticed is that women in the field usually have a military background or they enter the field when their children are pretty much out of the house. That is what I have personally seen.
I'm a software developer and I'll completely in favor of getting more women in the field. This would make my work place more beautiful! 😁
I think women considering STEM jobs would rather hear about your desire for more work to be done, not your desire for more eye candy.
I understand it's not read the year is 0000 don't try it it is not good for the environment really really no possible way at all it didn't start yesterday with the sickness of others that is not drying with anybody's constitutional clap of Lies how something can be respected highly as a computer weather ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever known as the respect of a human first that is not computer like for instance Google respect it though it doesn't understand respect for others I wasn't Jack and I was in the Builder who ha
Misleading click baiting title. Mathematicians are not computers, at all.
LinkMEP These mathematicians were computers. It was their job description.
this video took a weird sjw turn about two-thirds of the way through. Thumbs down
Usually, I like the videos on this channel. I had to dislike this video because of the SJW bull at the end. The idea that we 'need' (more like want to in order to feel virtuous) to fix the gender gap is a petty and pathetic goal. The answer to all of the equality problems is "merit" and leave skin color, sex and sexual orientation out, which I think happens more than the left will give credit for. If you are still on this leftist band wagon of bitching and moaning about things that are not problems then consider a few things. Why haven't we heard people complaining about the gender gap in occupations like coal mining, king crab fishing, lineman jobs? It is because it's only the prestigious jobs like programming, CEO positions and USA officer and chief that people want and they want to get there by complaining about it. How about we start complaining that there aren't enough men doing pedicures!!! Because men the majority of the time do not like getting nor giving pedicures. And it is ok that there is a gap, there is nothing to fix. I love this channel but let's keep the SJW stuff out!