You May Have Seen My Face on BART

My college did this to me. Hastily thrown together event "Hey, let us take some photos of you for the website". A year or two goes by, and I've left town (graduated), and friends start emailing me photos of my face on the side of a bus. Big campaign, apparently.

To make it better, I looked pretty much like a sociopath in those photos.

And I'm sure I signed some forms saying that they could do this, but they also rushed us through those forms because we were apparently short on time.

Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by harlanlewis » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

vvpan wrote: post #3

I am slightly confused. So what happened?

People assumed the billboard used a stock photo, rather than a picture of an actual engineer, because she didn't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. See the picture of the facebook comment thread in the article. It turns out a lot of engineers don't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. A lot of them are posting to Twitter under the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer - https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilooklikeanengineer

Conference organizers should probably keep things like this in mind when booking male-dominated lineups ("we just can't find any woman engineers" is a common refrain).

Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by ljk » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

vvpan wrote: post #3

I am slightly confused. So what happened?

same here, not sure what the big deal is after skimming through it

Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:06 PM UTC

harlanlewis wrote: post #5

vvpan wrote: post #3

I am slightly confused. So what happened?

People assumed the billboard used a stock photo, rather than a picture of an actual engineer, because she didn't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. See the picture of the facebook comment thread in the article. It turns out a lot of engineers don't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. A lot of them are posting to Twitter under the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer - https://twitter.com/ha…

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Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by dangtard » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:08 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #4

My college did this to me. Hastily thrown together event "Hey, let us take some photos of you for the website". A year or two goes by, and I've left town (graduated), and friends start emailing me photos of my face on the side of a bus. Big campaign, apparently. To make it better, I looked pretty much like a sociopath in those photos. And I'm sure I signed some forms saying that they could do this, but they also rush…

Your face is on Bart, and he is not happy about it!

Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

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harlanlewis wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People assumed the billboard used a stock photo, rather than a picture of an actual engineer, because she didn't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. See the picture of the facebook comment thread in the article. It turns out a lot of engineers don't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. A lot of them are posting to Twitter under the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer - https://twitter.com/ha…

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Re: You May Have Seen My Face on BART

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Post by noahtovares » Tue, Aug 04, 2015, 5:15 PM UTC

I think there is another issues with these ads.

"My code helps Fortune 500 companies keep their data secure" vs. "My team is great. Everyone is smart, creative, and hilarious"

This gives the impression that the woman is not excited about the 'engineering' work, but instead about the social aspects of the workplace.