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> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her. so sticking it out is a credit to h
by exit 15y ago
> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her.
so sticking it out is a credit to her.
it's likely though that the industry missed out on others who were qualified, but too put off to get that far.
- cantastoria 15y agoDamn it, I didn't click on the link at the end. I've deleted my comment out of respect for raganwald's mother. Even I have lines I won't cross...
- raganwald 15y agoI don’t mind your comment. If it fosters productive discussion, it’s a win.
- davedx 15y agoAnd it's still missing out. My girlfriend was told that she was "in the wrong room" for one of her comp sci exams, back in the dark ages of... 2000 or so, in one of the most progressive countries in the world.
- html5iscancer 15y agoAnd she quit? We've become an oversensitive society of weaklings. When I was in school I was physically harassed daily. I had to fight people because I was into computers. People would come right out and say that they hated computer nerds and that they were going to "bash" me. It was fucking awful and I was miserable the entire time, but at no point did I consider giving computers up. So I have zero sympathy for the fashionable whining about how "hard" it is for some group of people to get into computers. It's never been easier to get into computers. You don't even need talent these days. The computer is practically designed for lazy, factory-style programmers.