Researchers have found that code written by women—submitted to the software repository GitHub —was approved at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the submitter’s gender was not disclosed (download and read the study here (PDF)). We discuss this topic, and alot more, on this week’s podcast.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson.
Music: Basic Jazz Blues by J. Simon van der Walt under a Creative Commons License
The Podcast
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Story Links
Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
- DevFest recap
- Twin Cities angel investor group wants to help Vegas startups hit the jackpot
- SPS Commerce feels the squeeze of a tightening labor market
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- Gravitational wave detection used supercomputing system of Burnsville’s Nor-Tech
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Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: Quartz News App
- Tim: Fitbit Alta
- Steve: Visual Hunt
Upcoming Events
- The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016
- Enterprise Rising 2016, February 15, 2016, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, University of St. Thomas
- Mobile Twin Cities: Overcoming the Gender Gap in Mobile Tech, February 16th, BuzzFeed
- MinneDemo 22, Thursday, February 18th, Depot, Minneapolis 6pm. Tickets (TBD)
- IoT Fuse, April 22, Univ of St. Thomas-Minneapolis
- MinneWebCon U of MN McNamara Alumni Ctr April 25-26