# Episode 576: When Women Stopped Coding - Host: [npr.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/npr.org/) - Saved: October 20, 2014 (2014-10-21T04:11:37Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/07a9d3a3f722/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/07a9d3a3f722.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) A lot of computing pioneers, the ones who programmed the first digital computers, were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [First Listen: Public Service Broadcasting, 'The Race For Space' : NPR](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/583536267a9e/) (npr.org, February 20, 2015) - [Interview: Louis C.K., Comedian And Star Of 'Louie' : NPR](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fb9d7389b8f3/) (npr.org, April 28, 2015) - ['NeuroTribes' Examines The History — And Myths — Of The Autism Spectrum](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6c83f9ab8295/) (npr.org, September 4, 2015) - [Do Orchestras Really Need Conductors? : Deceptive Cadence : NPR](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/64168c884ae6/) (npr.org, December 15, 2015) - ['Bloom County' And Opus The Penguin Return After A 25-Year Hiatus : NPR](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7b442f3ecf21/) (npr.org, February 15, 2016) ## Saved the same week - [How Does Google Handle IT for Its Workers?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7d183e6c151f/) (online.wsj.com, October 20, 2014) - [SimCity That I Used to Know](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ca4e5cf5af0f/) (medium.com, October 20, 2014) - [TECHdotMN Drivetrain sold to Toronto shopping tech company Slyce - TECHdotMN](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2e9f356542ca/) (tech.mn, October 21, 2014) - [Speak to Amazon Kinesis in Python](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4b4dcabe25d6/) (aws.amazon.com, October 21, 2014) - [Why #Gamergaters Piss Me The F*** Off](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3f4379fa5a89/) (medium.com, October 21, 2014) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding