I've been told that women have trouble as engineers because we'd rather relate to people than to machines. - Ellen Ullman

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I've been told that women have trouble as engineers because we'd rather relate to people than to machines.

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About Ellen Ullman

Ellen Ullman is an American computer programmer and author. She has written novels as well as articles for various publications, including Harper's, Wired, the New York Times and Salon. Her essays and novels analyze the human side of the world of computer programming.

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To listen to Mr. Engelbart that day almost five years ago was to realize that the computer industry, when it started, was not simply about becoming a chief executive or retiring on stock options at 35. It was to remember that real innovation — the stuff that made computers so much more than "crummy factors of production" — comes from mysterious places, wild people, dreamers and tinkerers, and to remember all the skepticism they had to endure.

We build our computers the way we build our cities — over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

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