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The first time I've seen it reported that Linus was compensated 1.6M. (not related to the subject of abusive behavior) I'd also like to say as a manager of a b
by harshaw 8y ago
The first time I've seen it reported that Linus was compensated 1.6M. (not related to the subject of abusive behavior)
I'd also like to say as a manager of a bunch of top notch woman engineers, we don't have an abusive environment, we don't have a frat boy environment, and it's friggin awesome. (and we are hiring, PM me :) )
- klenwell 8y agoAlso first I've heard that the New Yorker was directly involved in the decision: Torvalds’s decision to step aside came after The New Yorker asked him a series of questions about his conduct for a story on complaints about his abusive behavior discouraging women from working as Linux-kernel programmers. On the topic of women engineers and also as a manager of top-notch woman engineers: wholly agree. For the Moneyball readers, I sometimes joke that women engineers are the Greek Gods of Walks when it comes to software development. Which is really just another way of saying that characteristics traditionally associated with women correlate in my experience with skills that are often underestimated in software development and evaluating them with brogrammer-world biases is a competitive disadvantage.
- cxseven 8y agoThe no-context Linus quotes and the outlining of how he gets paid made this article seem like somewhat of a hatchet job meant to milk clicks out of the #MeToo movement, which I otherwise have no problem with.
- kjeetgill 8y agoYou can PM on HN?