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by kevintb 9y ago
Read the description please > Furthermore, the same individuals tend to put down others who are more humble/less confident in their skills, directly or subtly. > It infuriates me when these individuals subtly bring down others, b
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by kevintb 9y ago
This is useful. It is hard to interact with someone so persistent in reminding you how superior they consider themselves to be.
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by kevintb 9y ago
> Furthermore, the same individuals tend to put down others who are more humble/less confident in their skills, directly or subtly. > It infuriates me when these individuals subtly bring down others, but I am unsure how to approa
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by kevintb 9y ago
> Furthermore, the same individuals tend to put down others who are more humble/less confident in their skills, directly or subtly. > It infuriates me when these individuals subtly bring down others, but I am unsure how to approa
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by kevintb 9y ago
Please read the description > Furthermore, the same individuals tend to put down others who are more humble/less confident in their skills, directly or subtly. > It infuriates me when these individuals subtly bring down others, b
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Ask HN: How do you deal with overconfident and mediocre individuals?
63 points by kevintb 9y ago|67 comments
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“Google's autocomplete is automatically generated from popular queries of users”(twitter.com)
2 points by kevintb 9y ago|0 comments
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by kevintb 9y ago
There's an awful lot of trolling, and moderation is not quite transparent. But as another comment said, I don't think HN is a meant to feel like a welcome community by design. It feels more like a semi-anonymous public forum.
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by kevintb 9y ago
> it seems to be a serious competitive disadvantage to have children if you're in tech Children are generally competitive disadvantages for all adults with careers, not just for those in tech. But competitive advantages are not wh
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by kevintb 9y ago
Why is an .edu email address required?
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by kevintb 9y ago
> I'm not the type of person that doesn't know how to take breaks May I respectfully suggest that a longer mental health vacation may be in order? It sounds a bit like burnout.
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by kevintb 9y ago
That... is not the definition of transgender. I'm glad to see your edit.
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by kevintb 9y ago
You seem to be confused by the definitions of "men" and "bro culture"
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by kevintb 9y ago
> What she mostly does is simplify other people's hard work This is the opposite of "respecting" someone as a professional.
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The effect of markets on discrimination (2014)(danluu.com)
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by kevintb 9y ago
It's amusing how a simple statement like this can provoke so much defensive responses. Bro culture keeps talented people out, sometimes men, mostly women. It's _bad_ for business! We wouldn't be questioning something like: &q
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by kevintb 9y ago
It's fascinating that articles like these are kept on Hacker News, but others like tweets by Susan Fowler or the latest Github post by Coraline Ada are flagged for being "divisive" and "politcal".
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by kevintb 9y ago
Agreed. This is a very sensible answer. It boggles my mind that instead of ah "Other" field, they added a "Transgender" option.
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by kevintb 9y ago
> "What is your gender?" The multiple-choice options were "Male", "Female", and "Transgender" I have low expectations for tech companies understanding these kind of issues, but to separate _transge
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by kevintb 9y ago
Why is this article flagged?
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by kevintb 9y ago
You are so sadly mistaken to think that you can "stay away from social justice sphere". Taking the example of a survey question in the blog post, > What is your gender?" The multiple-choice options were "Male", &
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by kevintb 9y ago
I'm sure this is a great project, but for once, it would be wonderful if Virtual Assistants weren't named after women.
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by kevintb 9y ago
Comey was leading an investigation into his campaign and was fired by Sessions who was forced to recuse himself from the investigation after outcries of corruption. You think it's good for the country for him for Comey to be replaced w
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Ask HN: Are front end and back end developers treated equally at your company?
8 points by kevintb 9y ago|8 comments
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Canadians on TN Visas: What's your plan when the US withdraws from NAFTA?
11 points by kevintb 9y ago|3 comments
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by kevintb 10y ago
it's a real shame with the degree requirements specifically requiring computer science or computer engineering to be considered a "computer programmer". There are many highly skilled devs who may have happened to earn a diffe
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What would the job market look like if the current tech bubble suddenly popped?
18 points by kevintb 10y ago|4 comments
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What are the biggest engineering mistakes that a tech company has made?
19 points by kevintb 10y ago|14 comments
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by kevintb 10y ago
You've only applied to two positions?
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What are the most thankless types of jobs in the tech industry?
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