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> I would be the "web guy" > smalltalk meetup in London and he sad it was a couple of guys in their 50-s These examples sound to me like the exact opposite of
by DavidWoof 9y ago
> I would be the "web guy"
> smalltalk meetup in London and he sad it was a couple of guys in their 50-s
These examples sound to me like the exact opposite of what was being discussed here. In both cases, these are examples of labeling based on technical skill or interest, the complete polar opposite of what's being discussed here.
> than being constantly pissed off
I don't see how either myself or OP said anything like this. In fact, I tried to emphasize how I had experienced only a tiny taste of this kind of thing.
- kowdermeister 9y agoHow is this the complete opposite? Tangent at worst :) Labels are labels, it doesn't really matter to me if it's a tech label or something I can't control. If I can't control it, then I don't care about it.
- DavidWoof 9y agoWell, because the discussion is about labelling people based on non-technical personal attributes. You're discussing the exact opposite type of label. If you honestly don't see any difference between somebody being called "the web guy" on a daily basis and making assumptions about your skill based on that title, as opposed to somebody being called "the black dev" on a daily basis and having people making assumptions about skills based on that title, then I don't think anything I say here can possibly make a difference.