I will like to meet that websmile, that bukky should be flogged - she talks more like a lawyer than a programmer *

@dhtml, and you think trash talking and ego massaging is the way programmers talk? Real programmers let there work do the talking for them. How many times did you see the likes of Patrick Naughton, James Gosling, Larry Page, Sergey Brin etc come out and start boasting of their coding skills? This is the typical mentality of people that have just about enough skills to do a lil' bit of thing here and there and they suddenly think they are one of the greatest coders that ever lived.
@ultragm, you are very wrong there. A good coder is not boss of him/herself. Those two are mutually exclusive. It's a personal decision to go out on your own or choose to work under a company. For example Patrick Naughton and James Gosling were employees of then Microsystems when they developed the java programming language. Don't be so narrow minded my guy.
@Buki, I like your answers so far here, you simply have nothing to prove to anyone or enter competions simply to show you are a coder. Just do your thing the way you know how.

P.S. Am not a coder, am a network engineer and even though some ppl do say I'm good with the little I do, I never brag about it. Am constantly in a learning phase to be better than I was yesterday, cos the time you start bragging, you've closed your mind to a lot of things and will find it hard to learn from novices. Yes trust me, there are things, I learnt from complete noobs simply cos I let them show me somethings they could do.

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This is why many women do not fare in computer science and engineering. They fare well by counselors and other undertakings, need a little logical thinking.

Our Java faculty in NIIT is a female (and she's beautiful)

@all, i am just catching my fun on this thread, please no one should take anything i say on this thread seriously. . . .in reality i have met great female programmers in real life - just saying

@Moderatorr
Your are right. All they think of is fun.

Nearly all the women want to go into acting and singing. I think that's where they get their fun.

And they like courses like law where they ave to talk so much.
But programming, hmmn. But its okay. At least I know some female programmers that are whizz.

Though, sincerly, Female programmers are not common. but i am One.

I have been programming for 6 years now. I still love it so much that i dont think i can do without it.

. Take your place girls, take your place in the world of programming!!!

hmmm, no low IQ blah blah blah here.