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Hey guys, Katy here, just wanted to thank everybody for the support and super insightful feedback. I will continue to edit the post and post here with clarifica

by bluehat 14y ago

Hey guys, Katy here, just wanted to thank everybody for the support and super insightful feedback. I will continue to edit the post and post here with clarifications, mostly after work hours :) And yes, I know everybody's probably sick of gender issues, and that's why I almost didn't bring it up, but I hoped it would be a chance for a good civil discussion, and I'm really glad to see it turning into that. Hopefully someday soon everything can be awesome, we'll never have occasion to talk about this garbage again, and we can all go back to nerding. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to that day. But, seriously, the civility and respect here have totally blown me away. Really proud to be a part of this community. Thanks everybody, you give a lady hope!

jiggy2011 14y ago
Your post was much more thoughtful and therefor conductive to reasonable discussion than the shitstorm we had last week.
- MartinCron 14y ago
  Talk about setting a low bar.
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    At least it's not reddit.
physcab 14y ago
Personally, I'm glad you did. I'm a male engineer, but there are two women engineers in my family (mom and sister). They always bring up these situations to me that few seem to notice. And honestly its really difficult for them at times to be in this industry. More discussion is good.
lincolnq 14y ago
I think it's safe to keep bringing it up as long as issues keep existing. The culture IS changing, but slowly, and requires constant pressure.
mnicole 14y ago
Never stop blogging about it, please. Did you see the post the other day from the woman who works at Game Informer (http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/46396481491/what-would-you-do-if-you-werent-afraid http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/46396481491/what-would-y...)? Her experience at PAX East was one thing, but her work stories were even worse. I'd recommend it to everyone here.
- bluehat 14y ago
  I read this with the chorus of Journey "Don't stop, belieeeeeeving! Streetlight! People!"
ericssmith 14y ago
I am not sick of gender issues. I have recently been enlightened (mostly by Bob Martin's recent blog post) about language that I use at work (eg military analogies) that could be alienating to anyone (eg females) who didn't grow up idealizing warfare. This is an incredibly important point in history, and you are at the epicenter. Thanks for sharing your experience.
- PebblesRox 14y ago
  That Bob Martin post sounds interesting but I can't find it. Do you happen to have a link?
  - jacalata 14y ago
    I assume it was this one: http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/03/22/There-are-ladies-present.html http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/03/22/There-are-ladi...
    - PebblesRox 14y ago
      Ooh, thanks!

by bluehat 14y ago

jiggy2011 14y ago

Your post was much more thoughtful and therefor conductive to reasonable discussion than the shitstorm we had last week.

MartinCron 14y ago
Talk about setting a low bar.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  At least it's not reddit.

physcab 14y ago

Personally, I'm glad you did. I'm a male engineer, but there are two women engineers in my family (mom and sister). They always bring up these situations to me that few seem to notice. And honestly its really difficult for them at times to be in this industry. More discussion is good.

lincolnq 14y ago

I think it's safe to keep bringing it up as long as issues keep existing. The culture IS changing, but slowly, and requires constant pressure.

mnicole 14y ago

Never stop blogging about it, please. Did you see the post the other day from the woman who works at Game Informer (http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/46396481491/what-would-you-do-if-you-werent-afraid http://meagan-marie.tumblr.com/post/46396481491/what-would-y...)? Her experience at PAX East was one thing, but her work stories were even worse. I'd recommend it to everyone here.

bluehat 14y ago
I read this with the chorus of Journey "Don't stop, belieeeeeeving! Streetlight! People!"

ericssmith 14y ago

I am not sick of gender issues. I have recently been enlightened (mostly by Bob Martin's recent blog post) about language that I use at work (eg military analogies) that could be alienating to anyone (eg females) who didn't grow up idealizing warfare. This is an incredibly important point in history, and you are at the epicenter. Thanks for sharing your experience.

PebblesRox 14y ago
That Bob Martin post sounds interesting but I can't find it. Do you happen to have a link?
- jacalata 14y ago
  I assume it was this one: http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/03/22/There-are-ladies-present.html http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/03/22/There-are-ladi...
  - PebblesRox 14y ago
    Ooh, thanks!