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Neither the question or his response had anything to do with gender. The only connection is that it was incidentally asked at a conference marketed to women. He

Neither the question or his response had anything to do with gender. The only connection is that it was incidentally asked at a conference marketed to women. He was asked what he thought about employees asking for raises. He said he thinks it jeopardizes the trust between a report and a boss. That's a perfectly valid answer, whether you agree with it or not. He should just avoid these types of conferences all together so that things like this don't get negatively construed by association.

hnal943 12y ago
He should just avoid these types of conferences all together so that things like this don't get negatively construed by association. Absolutely. And this shows how useless this type of conference really is. If there's only one right answer to the question, the only benefit to attending is to pose for holy pictures about how sensitive you are to the needs of $DISADVANTAGED_GROUP.
albedoa 12y ago
> Neither the question or his response had anything to do with gender. I wasn't there, but the article says that both the question and his response addressed women: > Earlier at that conference, Nadella was asked to give his advice for women wanting to ask for a raise. He said it's not about asking for raises, and that women should trust in the system to reward them as they go along.
- cookiecaper 12y ago
  I transcribed the full question and response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8437781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8437781 He was asked what he thought about women who are too afraid to ask for a raise. And he said he thought they were better off because people shouldn't ask for a raise anyway. The question did specify women, though really it's applicable to anyone who is too nervous to ask for a raise, and Nadella responded with a non-gender-specific response except an attempt to pander by saying being afraid to ask for a raise "might be an additional superpower" of female employees, in effect stating that women have superior political instincts.

hnal943 12y ago

He should just avoid these types of conferences all together so that things like this don't get negatively construed by association. Absolutely. And this shows how useless this type of conference really is. If there's only one right answer to the question, the only benefit to attending is to pose for holy pictures about how sensitive you are to the needs of $DISADVANTAGED_GROUP.

albedoa 12y ago

> Neither the question or his response had anything to do with gender. I wasn't there, but the article says that both the question and his response addressed women: > Earlier at that conference, Nadella was asked to give his advice for women wanting to ask for a raise. He said it's not about asking for raises, and that women should trust in the system to reward them as they go along.

cookiecaper 12y ago
I transcribed the full question and response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8437781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8437781 He was asked what he thought about women who are too afraid to ask for a raise. And he said he thought they were better off because people shouldn't ask for a raise anyway. The question did specify women, though really it's applicable to anyone who is too nervous to ask for a raise, and Nadella responded with a non-gender-specific response except an attempt to pander by saying being afraid to ask for a raise "might be an additional superpower" of female employees, in effect stating that women have superior political instincts.