Oh boy another "I worked so hard because im a woman in tech" post. Everyone in tech works hard regardless of gender but some people choose to brag less than others.
Being a Female Developer
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#52Can we have the link changed to be the Medium post[0] that this is copied from please? The site currently linked hijacks the scroll and has annoying popups trying to get you to subscribe. [0] https://medium.com/art-marketing/being-a-female-developer-6f...
Ok, we changed to that from http://www.andela.com/blog/being-a-female-developer/ .
Hi Dang - can you please change back to the original link on Andela's blog? The scrolling issue should be fixed now.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've yet to see any sort of gender discrimination in the workplace You're a man. I'm not sure you're in the best position to see.
> You're a man. I'm not sure you're in the best position to see. I found the sexism right there. ("Is man must not be able to see or have valid experiences.")
Please don't twist my words to your agenda or your "male fragility".
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#54Unlike most of the other commenters, I'm not a huge fan of this article. From the article, it seems the author hasn't really experienced much, if any, gender discrimination at work. That's great; it really is refreshing to hear stories of women in tech who are judged purely on their merits, as they should be. However, her two takeaways from her experience are, "your skills will speak louder than your gender," and, "t…
Being female, and a developer, and having worked in several other fields, I think people overestimate the sexism in tech and underestimate it elsewhere. I'm ashamed to say I was one of the "who needs feminism?" women in my late teens and early twenties because I have had a good experience in tech. Then I took a journalism job...and actually experienced it for myself and saw so many other women experience it. Sexism i…
According to my girlfriend (who's in corporate real estate), the sexism is pretty rampant in her field also, and some of the stories I've heard from her surprise the hell out of me, because I've never heard of anything that bad in tech.
Especially since most of it is perpetuated by people in management in her field, not young guys that don't really know how to communicate with anyone properly, let alone women, as it tends to be in tech fields.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being female, and a developer, and having worked in several other fields, I think people overestimate the sexism in tech and underestimate it elsewhere. I'm ashamed to say I was one of the "who needs feminism?" women in my late teens and early twenties because I have had a good experience in tech. Then I took a journalism job...and actually experienced it for myself and saw so many other women experience it. Sexism i…
According to my girlfriend (who's in corporate real estate), the sexism is pretty rampant in her field also, and some of the stories I've heard from her surprise the hell out of me, because I've never heard of anything that bad in tech. Especially since most of it is perpetuated by people in management in her field, not young guys that don't really know how to communicate with anyone properly, let alone women, as it…
I think one of the reasons sexism in tech gets so much press is paradoxically because developers/project managers/etc. are in such high demand. You can quit and write a Medium post about how awful your job was and still be able to get work. You have a ton of power in this way.
In real estate, journalism, PR, etc. it's so tight knit and competitive that speaking out can destroy your career. I merely quit a journalism job because of an awful EIC and didn't say anything publicly against him, but he was eventually fired and blamed me (though a lot of people had complained to HR about him and it wasn't just about sexism). I really doubt I could even freelance for many local publications because of it because they are all run by his friends and it's not that hard to find another writer.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ok, we changed to that from http://www.andela.com/blog/being-a-female-developer/ .
Hi Dang - can you please change back to the original link on Andela's blog? The scrolling issue should be fixed now.
Sure. Changed back from https://medium.com/art-marketing/being-a-female-developer-6f....
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#57Being a Female in general...
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You're a man. I'm not sure you're in the best position to see. I found the sexism right there. ("Is man must not be able to see or have valid experiences.")
Please don't twist my words to your agenda or your "male fragility".
> your "male fragility".
Bullying someone for an opinion you don't agree with? Classy.
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#59I am noticing a clear trend. Why are articles like this less likely to stay in the front page?
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ok, we changed to that from http://www.andela.com/blog/being-a-female-developer/ .
Hi Dang - can you please change back to the original link on Andela's blog? The scrolling issue should be fixed now.
Unfortunately it isn't. It still jumps down about 300px per scroll, which is an awful experience.