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> 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 w
by 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 agoI 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.