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It's not a very good letter. I don't think most "brogrammers" are ignorant and unaware of Grace Hopper or maintain that girls can't code. Rather, they create an
by fennecfoxen 13y ago
It's not a very good letter. I don't think most "brogrammers" are ignorant and unaware of Grace Hopper or maintain that girls can't code. Rather, they create and celebrate a workplace culture that no women (and only certain men) should be expected to tolerate.
Klout advertising for programmers to "bro up" isn't saying "yo, us men are better than women", it's saying "let us hang around like it's a fraternity, have some beer, ogle some sexual imagery and make crude jokes". (On the plus side, there's some camaraderie there for those who do fit into the culture, I guess.)
- seanccox 13y agoI get the feeling that they didn't get many female applicants to the position... That's a bonus for those who fit the 'culture' though, because they had a better shot at getting a job.