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Now please excuse Thomas while he repeatedly hits refresh on his EVERYTHING stats until he gets his daily dose of narcissism. All comments Copyright © 2009, 20

Now please excuse Thomas while he repeatedly hits refresh on his EVERYTHING stats until he gets his daily dose of narcissism. All comments Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 Thomas H. Ptacek, All Rights Reserved.

tptacek 15y ago
I would love it if I had EVERYTHING stats I could hit refresh on.
- brandnewlow 15y ago
  writes down idea
gruseom 15y ago
No, please no. Not the snide novelty swipe. You don't like something, have the guts to say it straight. But I do think TP was unfair to PT. She's saying things that a lot of strong, smart women I know would agree with. For example: For the most part, women are not complaining about the lack of VC funding in the world. They are complaining about the lack of jobs with flexible hours. That is so true of the women I know that my guess is one would have to be at a statistical frontier to see anything different.
- look_at_me 15y ago
  To be honest, it its merely personal. I don't like Thomas, even if he can be a good laugh sometimes. Edit: There we go folks, all it takes was a personal dig and those upvotes cascade into downvotes ;)
- tptacek 15y ago
  How often do those women you know interview for tech jobs? Because the flip side of that coin is the prospective employer who asks, "how are you planning to handle child care if you take this job?" It seems like a sentiment that plays directly into one of the places where I've seen discrimination firsthand in our field. It's true, though: my comment was motivated as much by visceral contempt for Penelope Trunk than anything else. I could probably stand to keep that to myself.
  - gruseom 15y ago
    How often do those women you know interview for tech jobs? Rarely if ever.
- wpietri 15y ago
  Most men aren't complaining about the lack of VC funding either, because most people don't care about doing a startup. It's definitely not evidence that we've solve all gender bias issues in the high-tech startup world.

tptacek 15y ago

I would love it if I had EVERYTHING stats I could hit refresh on.

brandnewlow 15y ago
writes down idea

gruseom 15y ago

No, please no. Not the snide novelty swipe. You don't like something, have the guts to say it straight. But I do think TP was unfair to PT. She's saying things that a lot of strong, smart women I know would agree with. For example: For the most part, women are not complaining about the lack of VC funding in the world. They are complaining about the lack of jobs with flexible hours. That is so true of the women I know that my guess is one would have to be at a statistical frontier to see anything different.

look_at_me 15y ago
To be honest, it its merely personal. I don't like Thomas, even if he can be a good laugh sometimes. Edit: There we go folks, all it takes was a personal dig and those upvotes cascade into downvotes ;)
tptacek 15y ago
How often do those women you know interview for tech jobs? Because the flip side of that coin is the prospective employer who asks, "how are you planning to handle child care if you take this job?" It seems like a sentiment that plays directly into one of the places where I've seen discrimination firsthand in our field. It's true, though: my comment was motivated as much by visceral contempt for Penelope Trunk than anything else. I could probably stand to keep that to myself.
- gruseom 15y ago
  How often do those women you know interview for tech jobs? Rarely if ever.
wpietri 15y ago
Most men aren't complaining about the lack of VC funding either, because most people don't care about doing a startup. It's definitely not evidence that we've solve all gender bias issues in the high-tech startup world.