morgtheborg

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by morgtheborg 8y ago
> Independent person would probably say that conservative ideas are Perceived to be more controversial by other side then other way around. I would argue said person isn't actually "independent" then. > this person migh
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
> they are sometimes harsher than the men as if to "prove" themselves or out of bitterness Not out of bitterness, but rather because you are often assumed to be weak, emotional, and incompetent as a women and you need to overco
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
Offensive, interesting. Yes, I don't think it's offensive. I do think the attitude of "my time is worth more than yours" isn't one I particularly appreciate. When I was interviewing and got at-home coding challenges
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
Not a single person gave me that advice.
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
> people should be free to express themselves in whatever way they choose to, and this way of communication clearly works for certain groups of people Sure. In non-professional capacities. But in professional areas, we expect a bit of bl
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
That woman is an Amazon, and I love her for it. I'm happy to celebrate a female that is uniquely physically excellent in terms of strength, coordination, etc. There's hardly anything unique about a born male being physically more
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
I'm cool with that as well. Happy as a clam if we want to start making a bunch of sport distinctions around advantages such as height, T, bone density, etc. However, until we do so, the problem remains that there are clearly advantages
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by morgtheborg 8y ago
Gender identity is one thing, power to you, but at the point we start to let males compete in females sport we've lost our minds. How do we make it fair? Is it sufficient to lower T to get rid of the advantage? What about females who n
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I wonder sometimes if I had Aspergers and just effectively trained myself out of it. All I did was read when I was a kid. At recess, at home, etc. I just read. I didn't really understand social interactions and when I left my family an
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
Yes, those pesky "females" always ruining the good times of people who just want them to shut the hell up.
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I had RSI, chronic ankle pain after an injury, and back pain. I bought all sorts of ergonomic solutions. Some helped, but none completely. I was getting desperate since, as mentioned, typing is how I pay the bills. I can't just STOP. I
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
That's pretty disingenuous. "You guys" is different than "software guys". You would totes say "you guys" to refer to two 70-year-old ladies, but if there were two women working on web development, you woul
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
My sister did this. Not cheaper. Or at least St. Andrews wasn't :)
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
> I have zero sympathy for junior who goes to some 150,000 a year liberal arts college and gets a degree that makes no money or requires another 2-4 years of school. An 18 year old assured by their parents this is the "right" m
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
Many people who could afford something won't buy it unless it's in a range they consider reasonable...or they need it. The market for airplane seats at that price going that distance is usually zero. But given the disaster, the ma
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
That is hilariously accurate.
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
My entire family speaks of what they'll do with my money when the startup I work at "makes it big". I think they're 90% joking. But that's still 10%. I have literally gotten into fights with my Mom where she wants a
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I often think the bias occurs before the interview in terms of the pipeline. For me, that's my largest self-correcting area. There are groups of people or people who present themselves in a certain way that I simply don't want to
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
> My point is that a lot of engineers get very annoyed when the topic of "sexism in Silicon Valley" is brought up, because anybody who is in a hiring position for specifically engineering knows exactly how utilitarian the hirin
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I assume it means they didn't want to work the hours and/or play games at work with their co-workers.
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
Yea, I tend to be rather literal :)
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
If you take one sentence and dissect it then it's easy to conclude it would have been better to phrase it in a different way assuming your goal is my goal. But I was making a movement from a point made in the Google document that inspi
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
And this is partially why people got so upset at that Googler. You understood what I said, but you're somehow displeased I didn't phrase it in the way you would have and are reading a direction of duty/responsibility that isn
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
> in no way was impolite The reality is impolite is in the eye of the beholder (or culture). And in the Bay Area, that would be considered an impolite way of communicating considering the topic. I'm not applying a value judgement he
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
That was my point. You can find sex "differences" but unless you somehow raised men and women separately, you'll be hard pressed to know which ones are innate and which ones are created through outside pressures. Not in all c
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I agree with you the reaction is insane. But "polite memo" is not how anyone I know would describe this. Conclusions, particularly conclusions on sensitive subjects, baldly stated without a bunch of qualifiers don't tend to b
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
Also, women DO have a harder time leading because their assertiveness is perceived significantly worse than similar assertiveness is men. I'll find the study if you'd like. And I think that's really what was missing from his
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
> Should the company just say "well this guy made some good points maybe we should reconsider our diversity programs." Only if they had been so close-minded to not consider that possibility before and are now convinced when thi
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
I lost interest as a kid for the same reason. I thought I'd learn outdoorsy, Boy Scout activities. Instead I was bored to death.
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by morgtheborg 9y ago
Eh romance books are hardly new or uniquely overwhelming now. Social media, yes.

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