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I disagree with your first sentiment... His take, is just that, his take. He did his own research and came to his own conclusions. They might have been flawed,

I disagree with your first sentiment... His take, is just that, his take. He did his own research and came to his own conclusions. They might have been flawed, but they were his own. He very well could have changed his mind, had anyone presented more convincing evidence that would lead to a different conclusion. That didn't even appear to be an option, though, and I think that is the more threatening issue.

throwaway23998 9y ago
It's remarkable how much of an uproar and distraction one fairly low level employee can cause. Reminds me of an old Napoleon quote: "whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous." This individual conducted cursory research while thinking he was conducting in-depth research. I fear his "echo chamber" argument will be construed to damage the diversity in tech movement.
egonschiele 9y ago
Context is important. Maybe he can give his take on Hacker News and no one will care. But he can't say whatever he likes at work. Every company has some legal obligations. No sex discrimination is one of them. Even if you think his take is not sex discrimination, that is a big topic in Silicon Valley right now. So to write something like this right now just says "hey everybody, I'm in my own world. I have no social intelligence, and I don't pay attention to what's going on out there."
- JKCalhoun 9y ago
  > Context is important. Maybe he can give his take on Hacker News and no one will care. I wouldn't even go that far. I work for a tech company and am extra careful, even outside of work — on public forums, talking about my company or even controversial issues regarding tech in general because someone might mistakenly believe I am speaking as a representative of said company. It just wouldn't be professional.
  - egonschiele 9y ago
    Yeah I agree, even posting on HN is fairly unprofessional. Afaik when you join certain corporations like Apple they limit what you can do online, because they don't want your comments associated with their company. Maybe Google is nice enough to not do that, but it is not uncommon. So I'm surprised to see comments like this parent comment, saying "he should be free to say what he wants". No, that's just not how it works.

throwaway23998 9y ago

It's remarkable how much of an uproar and distraction one fairly low level employee can cause. Reminds me of an old Napoleon quote: "whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous." This individual conducted cursory research while thinking he was conducting in-depth research. I fear his "echo chamber" argument will be construed to damage the diversity in tech movement.

egonschiele 9y ago

Context is important. Maybe he can give his take on Hacker News and no one will care. But he can't say whatever he likes at work. Every company has some legal obligations. No sex discrimination is one of them. Even if you think his take is not sex discrimination, that is a big topic in Silicon Valley right now. So to write something like this right now just says "hey everybody, I'm in my own world. I have no social intelligence, and I don't pay attention to what's going on out there."

JKCalhoun 9y ago
> Context is important. Maybe he can give his take on Hacker News and no one will care. I wouldn't even go that far. I work for a tech company and am extra careful, even outside of work — on public forums, talking about my company or even controversial issues regarding tech in general because someone might mistakenly believe I am speaking as a representative of said company. It just wouldn't be professional.
- egonschiele 9y ago
  Yeah I agree, even posting on HN is fairly unprofessional. Afaik when you join certain corporations like Apple they limit what you can do online, because they don't want your comments associated with their company. Maybe Google is nice enough to not do that, but it is not uncommon. So I'm surprised to see comments like this parent comment, saying "he should be free to say what he wants". No, that's just not how it works.