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Because they can't code. The ones that can just code don't need to constantly raise the fact that they are women to distract everyone else from incompetence. W
by throwaway6857 16y ago
Because they can't code. The ones that can just code don't need to constantly raise the fact that they are women to distract everyone else from incompetence.
When ever I hear "But, I'm a <insert victim group here>" I immediately assume they have sour grapes about the lack of achievement in their life. Everyone faces adversity, it's part of life, get on with it. The adversity you faced probably didn't make you a better coder and thus I don't care. I'm not running a welfare shop, if you want to sell you sob story go there. If you want to work, then let me know.
Look at the woman who optimizes Facebook's CSS, the article isn't about how she is a woman, it's about how to optimize your CSS. Why? Because she knows a lot about CSS.
Guess what? She has no problem getting work or respect!
- araneae 16y agoYup. Cindy here really isn't in technology. I know plenty of women who actually do work in real technology and the few that have public blogs rarely write about women's issues.
- crux_ 16y agoProbably because if they do, they'll be accused of being unable to code.
- dasil003 16y agoWell, if we're talking about the way women are treated in tech workplaces, then I think there is a real issue to be discussed there. But I have a hard time working up any sympathy on the magazine cover issue, because it's unclear to what extent Wired actually shapes culture as opposed to simply reflecting it, and are we going to start dredging up statistics on covers to show every possible issue that they aren't on the right side of?
- kragen 16y ago> Look at the woman who optimizes Facebook's CSS, ...Guess what? She has no problem getting work or respect! Have you asked her? Something like half of the highly competent women I know in tech have some real horror stories to share, mostly about not getting respect. (When you don't get work, you usually don't know it even happened, let alone why.)
- Tichy 16y agoThe other day the headline on HN was that most people quit their jobs because they don't get respect. It's not as if being a male programmer is heaven on earth.
- forensic 16y agoNobody gets respect. Adam Carolla said it best. When a white guy gets treated poorly, he assumes that the perp is an asshole. When a woman gets treated badly, she assumes that the perp is a sexist. But the perp is not. The perp is just as asshole. The world is full of assholes. Ask any white guy.