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Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by sharmi »

brokenmachine wrote: post #237
limedaring wrote: post #129

Some amazing non-male developers: — Jen Simmons: http://labs.jensimmons.com/ — Julia Evans: https://jvns.ca/ — Lea Verou: http://lea.verou.me/ — Mina Markham: http://mina.codes/ — Sara Soueidan: https://sarasoueidan.com/articles/ — Sarah Mei: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/ — Ana Tudor: https://thebabydino.github.io/ — Anna Debenham: http://www.maban.co.uk/

> non-male In what way are the genitals of a programming blog author relevant?

Such a collection in one place might be inspiring for some non-male developers ? Some role models to emulate ;) Probably assurance that gender doesn't matter to be accepted and well-regarded?

Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by ramblerman »

sharmi wrote: post #251
brokenmachine wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> non-male In what way are the genitals of a programming blog author relevant?

Such a collection in one place might be inspiring for some non-male developers ? Some role models to emulate ;) Probably assurance that gender doesn't matter to be accepted and well-regarded?

> Probably assurance that gender doesn't matter to be accepted and well-regarded?

Isn't a list like this the exact opposite of that?

Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by xiaoma »

Cyph0n wrote: post #199
IgorPartola wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't the doctor read medical journals and published papers in their fields instead of tweets from a select few peers?

What's the analogue to that in the software development space? Following a project usually means following a person, unless you're talking about huge projects maintained by a team of developers.

I think they mean following them on github to see what they're starring and working on.

Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by nxtrafalgar »

brokenmachine wrote: post #237
limedaring wrote: post #129

Some amazing non-male developers: — Jen Simmons: http://labs.jensimmons.com/ — Julia Evans: https://jvns.ca/ — Lea Verou: http://lea.verou.me/ — Mina Markham: http://mina.codes/ — Sara Soueidan: https://sarasoueidan.com/articles/ — Sarah Mei: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/ — Ana Tudor: https://thebabydino.github.io/ — Anna Debenham: http://www.maban.co.uk/

> non-male In what way are the genitals of a programming blog author relevant?

Some people might wish to diversify the range of blog authors they read.

Contrary to the implicit assertion you make, nothing -- not even programming (and writing about programming especially) -- is inseparable from identity. Consider, for example, that where someone grew up is likely to influence how they think and write about programming. Why would gender not also have an influence?

Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by nxtrafalgar »

ramblerman wrote: post #252
sharmi wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Such a collection in one place might be inspiring for some non-male developers ? Some role models to emulate ;) Probably assurance that gender doesn't matter to be accepted and well-regarded?

> Probably assurance that gender doesn't matter to be accepted and well-regarded? Isn't a list like this the exact opposite of that?

What?

It is an attempt to normalise the idea that non-male programmers can work and communicate competently in their field. Whether you like it or not, certain elements of the technology community implicitly or explicitly reject this idea.

If this idea is normalised, then finally 'gender will not matter'.

Re: Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?

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Post by exadeci »

wingerlang wrote: post #249
exadeci wrote: post #241

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the same reaction. Women in IT talk about how hard it is for them not to be judged by their gender but by their skills and yet many of them promote their gender as if it's more important than the skills.

While the person writing the post pointed it out, only one of the blogs seemed to be about her gender* while the others didn't even mention it as far as I saw. * http://mina.codes/# (extremely so, if I may add)

Of course, I was talking about the fact that, this comment is the second on this thread and that many women act this way.

The best programming girls are usually the ones that don't waste their time with this representation of their gender.

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