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I think they're called IT person. Guys excludes many qualified people.
by mtmail 6y ago
I think they're called IT person. Guys excludes many qualified people.
- ktpsns 6y agoPlease read this with a sense of humor. I guess here on HN most of us are IT guys (me including). Persons which share some skill set (such as basic computer understanding, programming, more or less networking experience, no fear of the command line, etc).
- freedomben 6y agoI think the commenter above is mad at you because they interpreted "IT guys" to be a reference to the gender of the people you will be hiring. In other words, they assumed you to be literally saying you will only be considering men for the job, since traditionally "guys" was used to refer to groups of men (but often no longer is). This may seem absurd, but where you are starting a company it's a good wake up point to familiarize yourself with the latest in politically correct terminology. Right now it's a random person on the internet, but in the future it might be an employee complaining to HR that you are creating a hostile workplace. Whether you should apologize or just try to move on, well that's a topic of much debate. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25084506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25084506 tldr: s/guys/people and you'll be fine.
- simonblack 6y ago"guys" is slang since about 1970 for 'everybody', probably from the American Mid-West. My first experience of the term as distinct from meaning 'males' was the 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' when Ted Baxter, one of the newsreaders, always entered the room saying "Hi, Guys" when saying 'hello' to all the people in the room. I remember thinking back then that it 'didn't sound right'. However over time, I found myself using the term more and more.