The toptotal link provided by the article doesn't really seem to help their case. Going down the bullet list provided:
Created WordPress themes
Developed HTML5 sites
Designed UI/UX for websites based on wireframes
Vectorized logos
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, jQuery
Directly managed my own clients
Supported clients throughout the entire site development process, including coming up with an idea, designing site architecture, wireframing, choosing a platform and development languages, and improving marketing techniques
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Created HTML and CSS layouts, gave life to them with jQuery, and empowered them with a CMS.
Created designs in Photoshop.
Spliced designs into HTML/CSS templates.
Implemented Drupal, Joomla!, and WordPress templates.
Customized and configured CMS's, including the positioning and styling of modules and components.
I'm sorry, but to me, it seems like she hasn't done any software engineering, and has, at best, implemented hodgepodge jQuery (written by other people). I think it's dishonest to refer to her as an engineer, and 'front-end developer' or just 'web developer' would be much more appropriate. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm going off the job titles at my places of employment (both current and former), and what I see on job listings.
I'm sure that they have placed PLENTY of female software engineers who actually write and maintain software on a daily basis. They just aren't as attractive, which is why they don't use their picture.
Oh, I see, jQuery and PHP aren't real programming, she doesn't spend enough of her day designing schemas or building iPhone apps or whatever your arbitrary definition of real engineering is?
First of all, real engineers design bridges and machines, and when they screw up, people can die. What does that have to do with whether she is fit to appear in an ad? Why does being attractive disqualify her?
Your post is disgusting and made no more appropriate by your use of a throwaway account.
Where do you draw the line between front-end developer and engineer? If you write a hello world, you are writing software. WP themes are a mess and they require a lot of PHP code.
And, as you say on your website doing "project and brand management, public relations, advertising campaigns, publishing and event management [...] mostly in the video games and computing industry" puts you in the position to determine who is an engineer and who isn't?
Or you are just in a mood to troll a little bit those of us who for a small fee deal with this mess that the web development is to protect others from horrors of doing it?
Created WordPress themes
Developed HTML5 sites
Designed UI/UX for websites based on wireframes
Vectorized logos
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, jQuery
Directly managed my own clients
Supported clients throughout the entire site development process, including coming up with an idea, designing site architecture, wireframing, choosing a platform and development languages, and improving marketing techniques . Created HTML and CSS layouts, gave life to them with jQuery, and empowered them with a CMS.
Created designs in Photoshop.
Spliced designs into HTML/CSS templates.
Implemented Drupal, Joomla!, and WordPress templates. Customized and configured CMS's, including the positioning and styling of modules and components.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Joomla!, WordPress, Drupal
I'm sorry, but to me, it seems like she hasn't done any software engineering, and has, at best, implemented hodgepodge jQuery (written by other people). I think it's dishonest to refer to her as an engineer, and 'front-end developer' or just 'web developer' would be much more appropriate. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm going off the job titles at my places of employment (both current and former), and what I see on job listings.
I'm sure that they have placed PLENTY of female software engineers who actually write and maintain software on a daily basis. They just aren't as attractive, which is why they don't use their picture.