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My gut tells me there was probably sexism at GitHub, drama with founder's wife, AND she was probably not blameless either in this whole mess. It was dishearteni

My gut tells me there was probably sexism at GitHub, drama with founder's wife, AND she was probably not blameless either in this whole mess. It was disheartening to me to see people rally to her on Twitter and immediately cry for the sacking of GitHub before any facts or concrete allegations were made by anyone involved, her especially. That's the stuff angry mobs are made of.

pyre 13y ago
True, but you can also witness the opposite on Twitter: Claims of sexism met with a deluge of trolls threatening to rape the claimant.
- ohsnapman 13y ago
  That's worse than disheartening to me. That's straight up disgusting. I haven't seen the threats yet but it doesn't surprise me.
- rds2000 13y ago
  I feel that these people are nothing more than an entitled group of lazy jerks that use twitter to pressure, blame and get ego boosts. They lean and get the easy way, yet claim they're disenfranchised. I can't help but ramble, but I really worry why people don't scrutinize them more. I feel they're delusional, entitled, to the point where they think they can be promoted to CTO and programming positions without actually coding. My issue is, I even see woman this girl knows who are on twitter speaking hate-speach and high-fiving each other over this. They really want to stir up trouble and ruin lives. I feel they love drama, attention and are cognitively trained by US culture to feel entitled, and use adversity and the crowd sympathy instead of bettering themselves and taking responsibility. I feel it's boy who cried wolf, they're on twitter, and press the big red misogyny button when things get tough. The truth is, I don't use twitter, but whenever I see one of these ladies, I associate it to the emotion of a entitled women coasting on the same old trick. It's like a nervous response. That's my honest feeling. "The boy who cried wolf" can pose a problem one day to minorities who one day learn to actually code, who are honest, and may cause prejudice to them because of these trolls. It also hurts people who have legitimate cases of harassment. Julia may or may not have been wronged, but the way she handles it on twitter, I feel is childish. I'm disgusted no one calls it out. Sorry for that. That said, it's never too late to learn to program. No matter who you are. I promise you if you do your job well, the people who matter want your skill and talent and the valley will always be open to you.

pyre 13y ago

True, but you can also witness the opposite on Twitter: Claims of sexism met with a deluge of trolls threatening to rape the claimant.

ohsnapman 13y ago
That's worse than disheartening to me. That's straight up disgusting. I haven't seen the threats yet but it doesn't surprise me.
rds2000 13y ago
I feel that these people are nothing more than an entitled group of lazy jerks that use twitter to pressure, blame and get ego boosts. They lean and get the easy way, yet claim they're disenfranchised. I can't help but ramble, but I really worry why people don't scrutinize them more. I feel they're delusional, entitled, to the point where they think they can be promoted to CTO and programming positions without actually coding. My issue is, I even see woman this girl knows who are on twitter speaking hate-speach and high-fiving each other over this. They really want to stir up trouble and ruin lives. I feel they love drama, attention and are cognitively trained by US culture to feel entitled, and use adversity and the crowd sympathy instead of bettering themselves and taking responsibility. I feel it's boy who cried wolf, they're on twitter, and press the big red misogyny button when things get tough. The truth is, I don't use twitter, but whenever I see one of these ladies, I associate it to the emotion of a entitled women coasting on the same old trick. It's like a nervous response. That's my honest feeling. "The boy who cried wolf" can pose a problem one day to minorities who one day learn to actually code, who are honest, and may cause prejudice to them because of these trolls. It also hurts people who have legitimate cases of harassment. Julia may or may not have been wronged, but the way she handles it on twitter, I feel is childish. I'm disgusted no one calls it out. Sorry for that. That said, it's never too late to learn to program. No matter who you are. I promise you if you do your job well, the people who matter want your skill and talent and the valley will always be open to you.