John Mitchell writes:

As I've been walking around, sitting in sessions, and generally being a nuisance, I've been struck by the fact that there seems to be a noticeably larger percentage of female developers at the show than in previous years.

Yes, this could be explained by the fact that there are fewer total people here this year so perhaps it's just more striking to my less saturated brain but.... What about in the overall technology world? Given the relatively small percentage of female developers floating around, are they getting laid off less than male developers?

No, John, there is no gender bias.. it's all very logical. See, women typically have to work a lot harder and be a lot smarter to get where men are in IT.. that means they're less likely to be laid off when times hit hard. I know only a few female programmers but all but one I know are simply very good or excellent.

I would have posted this as a comment in your weblog but you have a requirement for registration just to post a comment. That's cumbersome and silly... particularly for someone like me who is not a regular reader There are enough useless accounts of mine floating around the web as is.