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Discussion on: Britain in the 70s killed its tech industry because of sexism

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Alex Lohr

Even worse, one of the fathers of modern computing, Alan Touring, was convicted for being homosexual. He had it even worse than the women in tech then.

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Ross Henderson

Turing*

He had such a sad story. Literally helped stop WWII but because of his sexual orientation they chemically castrated him, because it was illegal to be gay, and he killed himself.

The UK has done a lot of horrible things to a lot of people, but I'll be honest: It is very quickly resolving these problems. Let's just hope it's not too late.

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Alex Lohr • Edited

Damn autocorrect... :)

There's another tragedy looming ahead and it's Brexit. It will cause many talented developers and engineers to seek their fortune elsewhere, pulling the tech industry even further behind the rest of Europe.