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Hi everyone, this is the second installment of our series. The first one was here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12455274 https://news.ycombinator.com/it
by cbcowans 10y ago
Hi everyone, this is the second installment of our series. The first one was here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12455274 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12455274. You'll notice a lot of the considerations discussed in this post apply to everyone, not just women, so there’s no need for the discussion to specifically focus on the “female engineer” part, though talking about that is fine too
- briholt 10y ago> there’s no need for the discussion to specifically focus on the “female engineer” part Agreed. Perhaps you could consider reframing the entire series accordingly without gender bias, starting with the title.
- fapjacks 10y agoI'm just wondering, then... Is the point to get a female perspective without specifically asking questions about being a female in engineering? Sort of like "Here's a different perspective without actually focusing on the elephant in the room"? Because I do have questions that I'd love to ask specifically about being a female engineer. Or if it's not that, then what is it? And why the specificity of senior female engineers instead of just a panel of senior engineers? Thanks.
- cbcowans 10y agoThe idea is just to ask women engineers questions readers send in and see what they say. If they say things specific to being female, that’s cool; if they say things that are more universal, that’s cool too. Please send your questions to ask@ycombinator.com or post them here.