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It was either that or "the developer that took a royal salary and equity, then extorted more equity, then quit leaving our hero high and dry, broke, with an inc

It was either that or "the developer that took a royal salary and equity, then extorted more equity, then quit leaving our hero high and dry, broke, with an incomplete alpha, after taking one year to not finish developing a proof of concept." I was trying to be nice.

tptacek 19y ago
Ok, start here: do you know the developer's age?
- pchristensen 19y ago
  Age doesn't have much to do with gender. If she was male I would have called her "The Django Guy". There's not a great corresponding female version of guy - chick sounds chauvinist, lady sounds to formal (think of how "The Django Gentleman" would sound). "The Django Woman" doesn't work either. What would you have said? More choices from Encarta Thesaurus: lass, miss, young woman, mademoiselle, daughter, lassie, mademoiselle, maiden, damsel, maid, young lady.
  - crux_ 19y ago
    ??? What about "gal"? I guess Encarta isn't very knowledgeable about the American West.
    - tomh 19y ago
      "The Django Gal." Nice. I see a country music spinoff in YouTube any day now: "A rough and tough tale of battling Pythonistas in Tulsa."
- randallsquared 19y ago
  "Girl" doesn't imply age any more than "dude" does, but it does imply a bit of disrespect over, say, "this Django coder", in exactly the same way that "this Django dude" would.
  - pchristensen 19y ago
    In the great tradition of Dear Abbey, I reserve the right to show a tiny bit of disrespect when told a tale of exploitation like the one the OP shared.
    - randallsquared 19y ago
      I wasn't criticizing; just defending the use of the word against accusations of misogyny, which appeared to be forthcoming. :)
- kyro 19y ago
  Just to let you know, if you're wondering who is downvoting you, it's me. This comment and the one before were both stupid and unnecessary. If you really gave half a shit about the original poster and the situation she's in, you wouldn't be going through picking on every damn comment and responding with idiocy, and starting branches of discussion that aren't relevant to the subject at hand and do nothing more than make finding useful information here more cumbersome.

tptacek 19y ago

Ok, start here: do you know the developer's age?

pchristensen 19y ago
Age doesn't have much to do with gender. If she was male I would have called her "The Django Guy". There's not a great corresponding female version of guy - chick sounds chauvinist, lady sounds to formal (think of how "The Django Gentleman" would sound). "The Django Woman" doesn't work either. What would you have said? More choices from Encarta Thesaurus: lass, miss, young woman, mademoiselle, daughter, lassie, mademoiselle, maiden, damsel, maid, young lady.
- crux_ 19y ago
  ??? What about "gal"? I guess Encarta isn't very knowledgeable about the American West.
  - tomh 19y ago
    "The Django Gal." Nice. I see a country music spinoff in YouTube any day now: "A rough and tough tale of battling Pythonistas in Tulsa."
randallsquared 19y ago
"Girl" doesn't imply age any more than "dude" does, but it does imply a bit of disrespect over, say, "this Django coder", in exactly the same way that "this Django dude" would.
- pchristensen 19y ago
  In the great tradition of Dear Abbey, I reserve the right to show a tiny bit of disrespect when told a tale of exploitation like the one the OP shared.
  - randallsquared 19y ago
    I wasn't criticizing; just defending the use of the word against accusations of misogyny, which appeared to be forthcoming. :)
kyro 19y ago
Just to let you know, if you're wondering who is downvoting you, it's me. This comment and the one before were both stupid and unnecessary. If you really gave half a shit about the original poster and the situation she's in, you wouldn't be going through picking on every damn comment and responding with idiocy, and starting branches of discussion that aren't relevant to the subject at hand and do nothing more than make finding useful information here more cumbersome.