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Which I find quite interesting. I know plenty of men who are terrible engineers and post pretty bad stuff on their blog, but none get the kinds of evisceration

by ladyada 17y ago

Which I find quite interesting. I know plenty of men who are terrible engineers and post pretty bad stuff on their blog, but none get the kinds of evisceration that you are referring to - mentioned over and over again in blogs, forums, etc. The 'Internet' was/is ruthless in laughing at her and putting her down, in a way that I just don't see happening to guys. Could be just that its more apparent with the fewer # of women - people are more likely to remember these faux pas. Would be interesting to hear of specific technical instances of the same occurring with guys.

jdminhbg 17y ago
Jeff Atwood?
yummyfajitas 17y ago
I know plenty of men who are terrible engineers and post pretty bad stuff on their blog, but none get the kinds of evisceration that you are referring to - mentioned over and over again in blogs, forums, etc. Most of those terrible engineers have not been featured in Wired and Technology Review. If Leah Culver were a man, no one would criticize her because no one ever would have heard of her. Do you really think anyone would have cared about her facebook/twitter clone if she weren't pretty? Would be interesting to hear of specific technical instances of the same occurring with guys. ESR wrote some crappy code a while back. Comments: John Graham Cummings: "It's amusing to actually look at the source code of this...Reading it, it looks like a total hack job by a poor programmer..." Other HN readers: "He's [esr] certainly a talented self-publicist, but I'd go no further than that. He's the Michael Moore of software. Or the Paris Hilton." "He's more Nichole Richie. He doesn't rise to the level of Paris, who was surprised by jail, but never surprised by wealth." "Truth is, he is loud, but... he's not very good at writing software." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=923660 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=923660
- ladyada 17y ago
  Woah! Are you sure that pownce got attention solely because of "Leah's looks"? or do you think its more likely that its because it was founded by Kevin Rose, who has had much bigger press (cover on Business week, TR is peanuts in comparison) and web exposure (like running one of the most popular sites on the Internet)? (Will grant that ESR is a pretty good example, for Atwood I dont see the attacks reaching as low a level)

by ladyada 17y ago

jdminhbg 17y ago

Jeff Atwood?

yummyfajitas 17y ago

I know plenty of men who are terrible engineers and post pretty bad stuff on their blog, but none get the kinds of evisceration that you are referring to - mentioned over and over again in blogs, forums, etc. Most of those terrible engineers have not been featured in Wired and Technology Review. If Leah Culver were a man, no one would criticize her because no one ever would have heard of her. Do you really think anyone would have cared about her facebook/twitter clone if she weren't pretty? Would be interesting to hear of specific technical instances of the same occurring with guys. ESR wrote some crappy code a while back. Comments: John Graham Cummings: "It's amusing to actually look at the source code of this...Reading it, it looks like a total hack job by a poor programmer..." Other HN readers: "He's [esr] certainly a talented self-publicist, but I'd go no further than that. He's the Michael Moore of software. Or the Paris Hilton." "He's more Nichole Richie. He doesn't rise to the level of Paris, who was surprised by jail, but never surprised by wealth." "Truth is, he is loud, but... he's not very good at writing software." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=923660 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=923660

ladyada 17y ago
Woah! Are you sure that pownce got attention solely because of "Leah's looks"? or do you think its more likely that its because it was founded by Kevin Rose, who has had much bigger press (cover on Business week, TR is peanuts in comparison) and web exposure (like running one of the most popular sites on the Internet)? (Will grant that ESR is a pretty good example, for Atwood I dont see the attacks reaching as low a level)