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You must have worked in a shitty place if your weren't with any programmers that laughed or drank beer.

• noarchy 11y ago
  >You must have worked in a shitty place if your weren't with any programmers that laughed or drank beer. Indeed. If anything, the beer culture has penetrated deeply in the startup world. I'd even say that it seems almost contrived at this stage, as if there's something amiss if there isn't beer in the fridge. Maybe the cargo cult extends to beer: "Everyone else is doing it, so we have to do it to." Mind you, I have no problem with beer being made available in the office. But I wonder, at times, about why it happens.
• beaner 11y ago
  This is an extreme interpretation of what I said. I had a good time, they were my friends, but absolutely everyone was male and introverted. I could elaborate, but do I need to or do you see how that could get stale?
  • StevePerkins 11y ago
    [shrug] It sounds like you're simply an extrovert, in a field dominated by introverts. Who keeps referencing gender, to subtly imply being less bigoted. Rather than simply an extrovert. I've spent time in small startups and large enterprises myself. An introvert, who chose to work in a sales-oriented Fortune 500 environment, could often write a very similar rant in reverse. Not only referencing plenty of sexism, but adding in a lot more racism and homophobia hints to boot. Sorry your last gig wasn't a fit. Glad your new one is. Don't paint with too broad a brush.