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The article mentions Sara Chipps introducing Skeet to StackOverflow, an exceptional woman who eventually became the Director of Public Q&A at StackOverflow. She
by chx 7y ago
The article mentions Sara Chipps introducing Skeet to StackOverflow, an exceptional woman who eventually became the Director of Public Q&A at StackOverflow. She also founded Girl Develop It and made Jewelbots and is on the board of the .Net foundation.
- chooseaname 7y agoI'm curious why this is down voted[0] as nobody who did actually replied. Is the information inaccurate? I don't know who she is, is she a controversial figure? [0] At the time I'm replying...
- yakshaving_jgt 7y agoI didn’t downvote, because frankly I don’t care that much, but Affirmative Action is quite controversial and I believe she founded one of those initiatives. I think some people might be extra sensitive to anything even slightly associated with diversity. To be clear, I don’t take issue with her, I didn’t downvote, and she seems to be an incredibly accomplished developer. That can only be applauded, in my opinion. Watch me get downvoted into oblivion for merely offering a theory :)
- gpvos 7y agoThe comment was only a few minutes old, so the downvotes may not have been representative of the HN population yet. It looks fine as of this moment. Reacting too fast on something being downvoted is often unnecessary, and distracts from the original point, so I often downvote such reactions.