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Please 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 und
by ktpsns 6y ago
Please 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.