hlurhhh

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by hlurhhh 7y ago
> Bad shit happens in life and when someone is willing to talk about their pain and how they're healing and what they've learned, I've found that it's best to just shut up and listen. This is not the time for critique
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Dude where does it say we can only be inspired? > The whole she did it and had ovaries, omg, seems so condescending and unnecessary. it's not omg she had ovaries, it's omg she did it, knowing she's going to get shit on by
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
(FYI I'm not directing this anger at you dude, it's generalized) what the fuck don't people understand about a woman wanting a woman role model? I got the same questions asked to me in the Marissa Mayer thread a day or two ag
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Yeah I'm reading all these comments and I hope these people are NOT the sames ones asking why more girls/women don't get into tech, because I've been a programmer for > 8 years and shit like this is off putting to me,
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
I was gonna reply but lol at "As men are getting less and less sex they are now realising this more and more." what the fuck does this have to do with black holes lol u need help bro
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
What do you mean is this true?
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
I don't think I'm asking for too much by wanting a woman in tech to look up to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's not sexist dude, I just want some representation in my role models.
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Absolutely - as I said elsewhere in this thread, I hate the typical tech uniform of jeans, t-shirts, and hoodies, but felt I wouldn't get taken seriously if I looked 'pretty'. Marissa made that ok for me.
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
She has a masters in CS and was google employee #20, how about you prove she can't. You got some beef with her too, huh?
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Don't feel bad for me, I'm twenty-something years old and having Marissa as my tech woman icon is just some fun. I'm sorry you don't like her, but the choices for role models as a woman in tech are limited. (And yeah I k
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Being stylish is super important (to me) because not only is she a woman in tech - she's a stylish woman in tech. I hate the typical tech uniform of jeans, t-shirts, and hoodies, but felt I wouldn't get taken seriously if I look
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
I wrote this somewhere else in this thread, but I like her because she's one of the few (current) 'well known' women in tech that's successful and stylish. She's exactly the kind of representation I need and want.
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
Don't tell me to do some reading for f*'s sake, I know about Margaret Hamilton and Grace Hopper. Mayer is current, successful, and stylish. I like her. I'm trying to explain to you why there might be a 'cult of personali
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
> I don't think Marissa even pretends to know how to code at this point. I think in the past she did pretend to, which was sort of a problem. I don't know what your problem is with her but holy shit I'm pretty sure she can
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by hlurhhh 7y ago
I like her because she's one of the very very few 'famous' women in tech who's not Alexa or Siri ( https://www.fastcompany.com/40547212/people-were-asked-to-na... ). Running companies and being featur
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by hlurhhh 8y ago
They're not being rude, that's how it is - speaking as someone from AU. We have lockout laws preventing us from entering drinking establishments after 1am (no shots after midnight!) because we cannot handle our booze, so do you th