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Grammar aside, I don't know why this was downvoted so quickly. A lot of hackers were "weird" not that long ago. And we still are.
by lambdasquirrel 7y ago
Grammar aside, I don't know why this was downvoted so quickly. A lot of hackers were "weird" not that long ago. And we still are.
- anon73044 7y agoI overheard a conversation at my local barbershop last week, a technical recruiter lamenting about how "strange" software developers are.... I completely understand it, his target demographic being kids fresh out of University and probably need to exercise their social skills a bit, but the lack of empathy is what irked me the most.
- sascha_sl 7y agoI could've mentioned I'm trans in the parent post. But I know there is a downvote reflex on this website for merely implying you might be part of a somewhat disadvantaged minority. Glad to see it somehow ended up at +3. I should really note that while I initially thought of myself definitely being too weird by default to have any leeway to pick my weirdness, other less distinct people have that too, depending on the field you work in. Just being a woman in a technical role comes with a lot of people assuming you have no idea what you're doing, and pushing back against that is some of your "weirdness" spent. (also, it's really weird to slowly male-fail and get put into that bucket too with people you haven't previously worked with, having the means to compare)