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How I Explained REST to My Wife's original post taken down by the author: "After receiving a number of reasonable complaints about the gender-oriented nature o
by rainhacker 11y ago
How I Explained REST to My Wife's original post taken down by the author:
"After receiving a number of reasonable complaints about the gender-oriented nature of this article from people I respect very much, I’ve decided to take it down for good. While the dialog was never intended as commentary on the role of gender in technology, I’m convinced that it could too easily be taken that way and am not at all comfortable with that possibility.
My deepest apologies to anyone that was offended by my work. There is nothing more terrifying to me than the thought of something I created acting as a deterrent to anyone following their ambitions, or from forming them in the first place."
http://2ndscale.com/rtomayko/2004/rest-to-my-wife http://2ndscale.com/rtomayko/2004/rest-to-my-wife
What a shame- such an illuminating post had to be taken down by the author. I remember being asked in some interviews questions like how would you explain a hashmap to a 5 year old or your grandmother. I will be afraid to ask such questions, who knows how people see things these days.
- cruise02 11y ago"...to a 5 year old" should be pretty safe. "...to your grandmother" could be construed as both sexist and ageist, so I'd avoid it.
- CaptSpify 11y agoPersonally, I don't really see much of a difference. Some 5 year olds are better at $x than "grandmothers". So wouldn't "to a 5 year old" be ageist as well?
- cruise02 11y agoUse some common sense. For how many values of $x that would be the subject of an interview question are 5 year olds going to be better than grandmothers?
- CaptSpify 11y agoYour missing the point though: There's a reason the "non-technical grandmother" is a stereotype. By using "common sense", it makes sense to use that stereotype.
- jazzyk 11y agoThis is outright scary. The Easily Offended crowd should have noted he had said "..to my wife" not "..to a female". Assuming his wife is not in the software business, how is this a commentary on the role of gender in technology (or anywhere). Instead of down-voting, please provide a rational argument how this generalization makes sense.