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He mentions being lonely during the 3rd and 8th months and provides links I believe. The author's name is in large type at the top of the page.

sdoering 9y ago
I am with you. It is. And assuming a male gender isn't really helpful - but we all fall for this trap sometimes. I try to stay with the gender neutral "they". Especially if it just isn't of any relevance for the topic/discussion at hand.
- anoncoward111 9y ago
  additionally "the author writes," is a perfectly neutral and grammatically correct way of expressing oneself
jvns 9y ago
I think on about 30% of my blog posts that end up on the hacker news front page: * someone refers to me as "he" * someone else corrects them to "she" * an extended argument ensues about whether "he" is a gender neutral pronoun, whether "they" is a gender neutral pronoun, whether it matters if you refer to a woman as "he" or not, whether the original author cares whether they're referred to as "he" or "she", and on and on and on :) From my perspective (since I've seen this argument so many times) this argument is very repetitive and doesn't add a lot of value to the HN comments -- I think it would be much better if people just accepted being corrected with "it's she" and then go back to discussing the actual contents of the article in an interesting way (in this case, a lot of people are sharing their experiences with working remotely and it's been really interesting to see what everyone's different experiences are!) so if you care about this topic I would humbly suggest that you don't comment further about pronouns and instead maybe share your experiences with working remotely! =)
- blauditore 9y ago
  ...and my initial question still isn't answered. :/
  - ratsimihah 9y ago
    Have you read https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ and https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ ? There might be answers in there if not in this article.
- ratsimihah 9y ago
  Oh hi Julia, I apologise I referred to you as "he," that was careless of me. Nice article anyway, I appreciate you sharing your experience, since you address most concerns people might have when taking the jump of working remotely. Take care!
ratsimihah 9y ago
Thanks for the correction. I'm sleepy and commented from memory without having the article in front of me, hence the use of "I believe." Apologies for the mistake.

sdoering 9y ago

I am with you. It is. And assuming a male gender isn't really helpful - but we all fall for this trap sometimes. I try to stay with the gender neutral "they". Especially if it just isn't of any relevance for the topic/discussion at hand.

anoncoward111 9y ago
additionally "the author writes," is a perfectly neutral and grammatically correct way of expressing oneself

jvns 9y ago

I think on about 30% of my blog posts that end up on the hacker news front page: * someone refers to me as "he" * someone else corrects them to "she" * an extended argument ensues about whether "he" is a gender neutral pronoun, whether "they" is a gender neutral pronoun, whether it matters if you refer to a woman as "he" or not, whether the original author cares whether they're referred to as "he" or "she", and on and on and on :) From my perspective (since I've seen this argument so many times) this argument is very repetitive and doesn't add a lot of value to the HN comments -- I think it would be much better if people just accepted being corrected with "it's she" and then go back to discussing the actual contents of the article in an interesting way (in this case, a lot of people are sharing their experiences with working remotely and it's been really interesting to see what everyone's different experiences are!) so if you care about this topic I would humbly suggest that you don't comment further about pronouns and instead maybe share your experiences with working remotely! =)

blauditore 9y ago
...and my initial question still isn't answered. :/
- ratsimihah 9y ago
  Have you read https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ and https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/06/06/working-remote/ ? There might be answers in there if not in this article.
ratsimihah 9y ago
Oh hi Julia, I apologise I referred to you as "he," that was careless of me. Nice article anyway, I appreciate you sharing your experience, since you address most concerns people might have when taking the jump of working remotely. Take care!

ratsimihah 9y ago

Thanks for the correction. I'm sleepy and commented from memory without having the article in front of me, hence the use of "I believe." Apologies for the mistake.