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> Prominent GitHub Engineer When I read the title (having never heard of Julie Horvath before), I expected the article to explain her technical contributions.
by geoka9 13y ago
> Prominent GitHub Engineer
When I read the title (having never heard of Julie Horvath before), I expected the article to explain her technical contributions. However, there seem to be none that would make her a "prominent github engineer".
I think that singling out people as "prominent engineers" just because they are women is sexist and does a disservice to the equality cause.
Equality cuts both ways: people shouldn't be harassed because they are a minority. But they shouldn't be put on a pedestal just because of it, either. Because it defeats the whole purpose of equality by making them "more equal" than others.
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- jkrems 13y agoShe was responsible for organizing the pretty awesome "Passion Talks" series at Github. So she was definitely more famous than the average developer working at Github. She did not invent Map/Reduce, but we are talking about Github here, not Google/Amazon/etc..
- OGC 13y agoOrganizing talks is now Engineering? Okay..
- rememberlenny 13y agoJulie is an active speaker at conferences as well.
- zenciadam 13y agoOk. But that doesn't make her a "prominent" engineer. She makes touchy-feely speeches. Usually, when this happens, someone got a bad performance review because they were effectively useless, and then they raise some canard. She didn't contribute in any real meaningful way, got a bad review and decided she would drag her former employer's name through the mud.