needlessly2

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by needlessly2 9y ago
>Would you rather hire someone with an official degree from a community college or someone that attended a CS Academy and worked for three years? obviously, one would eventually transfer from community college to a university
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by needlessly2 9y ago
i'm actually not down voting you. However, other people are.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
because we shouldn't encourage young boys gender equality?? you're dumb
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by needlessly2 9y ago
years ago, diversity had almost nothing to do with women. It was about underrepresented minorities such as Blacks, Latinos, etc.. It didn't really pertain to white women
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by needlessly2 9y ago
okay. stop throwing a tantrum because you were wrong
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>You can't arbitrarily say that the line stops at one thing I never said that or implied that. You misinterpreted. It makes zero sense to bring up rape when talking about this Google manifesto. I do think sexism and racism occur in
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>$120k is San Fran could easily be a worse quality of life than $40k in Central America (too broad to say for certain). this is the dumbest thing i've heard today. Stop exaggerating.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>Many don't know their way around a UNIX environment and have never written code outside IntelliJ on a fancy macbook i'm pretty sure you mean Windows. Developing on Windows is mostly driven by Wizards, IDEs, and other GUIs.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
i'm always confused when people confuse males in tech as fratty. It makes zero sense. And it shows a lack of understanding in males. For the most part, guys who code for fun are more often the dungeons+dragon, sci-fi, and anime lover t
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>I think this whole claiming that being a victim as a self-fulfilling prophecy is flawed. It's hard to say a trans woman who's been murdered or raped had it coming. wow, looks like things have escalated fast. We've gone fr
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>“She’s good for a woman, so even though she doesn’t do as well as that guy, she still gets the same scores because she’s in the women’s league.” But it would still be viewed as sexist if the interviewers gave her lower scores. The only
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by needlessly2 9y ago
This a little bit of overlap, but I don't think there's significant overlap between gamers and software developers. Writing code and playing a video are two very different experiences. Sure, you'll need to test the game, but
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by needlessly2 9y ago
as far as i know, the forum part is not true. It was emailed internally to a bunch of people
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by needlessly2 9y ago
for liberals, it reinforces preconceived notion in tech. and also because the media has lots of power.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
i've always noticed that there are more loner guys than loner girls.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
i'm a guy and i don't enjoy video games any more. I just feel i've grown out of that phase when I was 15. I'd rather go swimming, hiking, and try out different restaurants/bars.
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by needlessly2 9y ago
also doctors and lawyers already have 70+ hour weeks. They're too exhausted for any side projects. Easier to do that if you have a 40 hour week
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>The founders themselves often started programming as kids i'm not sure where you get this conclusion that those who enjoy extracurricular programming often started as kids. Usually those who started as a kid means they were fortuna
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by needlessly2 9y ago
I kind of disagree with the gaming part. I'm almost sure that most hardcore gamers actually never become part of the CS/SWE crowd because of video game addiction. Gaming and software development are two very different domains. Har
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by needlessly2 9y ago
this is very dumb. Facebook allows you to reconnect with old friends more easily or meet new people in person. YouTube has some of the best resources to learn software development, math, history, and really anything for free. There are pro&
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by needlessly2 9y ago
> it's so complicated >fails to actually explain anything at all, except for saying "plz don't down vote me" and a bunch of random generalizations
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by needlessly2 9y ago
and why would men at Google ask for raises while women at Google would not? Obviously, both groups have competitive skills in the industry. I'm sure you will bring up the studies that men are more likely to negotiate. However, that app
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by needlessly2 9y ago
>dynamic of personal choices and psychology is so complicated and so contingent to personal background and current state So these women choose to have lower salaries even though they have the same qualifications/experience?
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by needlessly2 9y ago
For Google, the rope was already dosed in kerosene. The guy who wrote the manifesto just lit the fire.