As a Woman in Tech, I Realized: These Are Not My People
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#2"I built a fiber-channel network in my basement". I want to know more about this. Can the OP write more about this?
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#3That's fine. Many of us don't spend weekends building tech setups in basements - in fact I strive not to. My coworkers don't as well.
You don't have to mainly identify as a profession in order to practice it, and I suspect as we improve work life balance, we wont in general.
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#4I thought I had read everything I wanted to read about this topic, but that was actually a really interesting take on it.
I have no problem putting a couple of stopgaps on my behavior to make sure I'm accommodating to the women in my office. I just don't like (hate in fact) the infusion of leftist politics.
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#5Great article and hits on what I think is the main difference between men and women: men seem to be far more likely to become obsessive and devote massive amounts of time to hobbies and study. I mean if you're not popular and girls aren't interested in you, what else are you going to do? And spending years being obsessed with computers is naturally going to lead you down a path towards a degree and job in computers, hence more men in computing (as an example).
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#6"And the sexual harassment, while annoying, was just that: annoying. I cannot recall that it ever affected my work, nor that I lost any sleep over it."
This says it all. Most women are not like this author. They will loose sleep over it and rightly so.
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#7>But it’s less male, and it suits me better.
That's not maleness, that's autism spectrumness. That's tech's real problem. Most of us are on the spectrum somewhere and are socially a complete and utter mess. More 'normal' people can do this job but they don't want to as its endless workaholism and obsession for the most part and keeping up with obsessives isn't fun nor are they pleasant to be around.
As someone who works hard to break out of the geek/aspergers mold and to be a more rounded person I very much relate with this woman. Weaponized autism, for lack of a better word, is something that is very unpleasant to be on the receiving end of. I don't recommend a tech career to anyone at this point. There are much better and healthier ways to make a living.
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#8Another very reasonable article on the topic.
I'm sure it will soon be [flagged] just like the other one since it doesn't support the "Damore is an ignorant, sexist pig" narrative: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14973059
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#9Great article and hits on what I think is the main difference between men and women: men seem to be far more likely to become obsessive and devote massive amounts of time to hobbies and study. I mean if you're not popular and girls aren't interested in you, what else are you going to do? And spending years being obsessed with computers is naturally going to lead you down a path towards a degree and job in computers,…
I'm not sure being unpopular or not being the object of attention for girls has anything to do with this.
Hobbies on the other hand was a pretty good spot.
Nearly every male I know has hobbies that are either directly related to tech or engineering or of not are mechanical engineering or crafting related (e.g. metal working, cars etc.).
I know on a very personal level 6 females in tech, including my current partner the most "engineering" related hobby I can think of any of them doing is building Legos.
I know this could be anecdotal but I don't think I can name a single female I know that would actually sacrifice a weekend to on a technical side project.
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#10"And the sexual harassment, while annoying, was just that: annoying. I cannot recall that it ever affected my work, nor that I lost any sleep over it." This says it all. Most women are not like this author. They will loose sleep over it and rightly so.
She said the harassment came from clients not co-workers.