Meh, I had a whole thing written here, but I'll summarize instead. Don't perpetuate your own stereotypical views. I have personally known very, very few develo

Meh, I had a whole thing written here, but I'll summarize instead. Don't perpetuate your own stereotypical views. I have personally known very, very few developers who I would describe as having poor taste, fashion, or habits. The ratio is probably the same as for non-developers - I have definitely met people in every profession who wore socks with sandals and/or stank of BO. Musicians, developers, writers, whatever. Speaking of gender bias, which you don't believe exists in this case, how can that perception be defeated unless we work collectively to remove it? Saying there is no gender bias in various aspects of development is simply noting that you will be unable to address gender-related issues on your team should they arise. At the same time, it can be easy to go too far and become hyper-sensitive to the issue. It clearly _does_ exist, I've seen it myself; when your manager invites you to a meeting solely to compliment your ability to listen to the women on your team, shit has well and truly gone wrong somewhere else. To your final statement, you definitely consider CSS less valued and less interesting than "real" development - is that a gender bias on your part? Or do you truly believe it's a less valid and less important aspect of web development for reasons that have nothing to do with gender or the idea that making something "pretty" is less important than other aspects of product?