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Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Re: Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Post by craggyjaggy »

belter wrote: post #8

Do people have no more sense of humour? Is everybody here changing the world and providing a future to humanity a javascript framework at a time? This the Tech Lead! The one and only! The man has a sense of humour driest than the bottom of Death Valley. "Why I'm so good at coding.": https://youtu.be/xqgH9j3x2OE

The article contains multiple tweets where he doubles down and says even weirder stuff:

> "No one asked for women programmers. We asked for women influencers and instead got 'independent women' in pants suits. Independence does not exist if you want a family. A woman should prioritize being a good mother and wife, not a coding machine. 'Mother/Wife' is a great job,"

How do literally multiple paragraphs of misogynistic bullshit pass as a "joke" for you?

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Post by ctur »

What a misogynistic jerk. I don't know what is sadder; that he has so much of a following, or that his garbage POV resonates with a small number of deplorables in our industry. The rest of us need to do our best to push back and ensure we make our industry hospitable, welcoming, and supportive for women and all other URMs.

Needless to say, his statements are garbage and nonsensical, meant only to stir up noise and draw attention. The sad thing is, controversy more or less is beneficial for his bottom line. He doesn't need to convince anyone he's a decent human being, he just needs to convince them to watch his videos, pay for his training, etc.

Kind of depressing.

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Post by HL33tibCe7 »

eschaton wrote: post #6
HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #4

It’s incredible to me that people can’t see that this is obvious bait. He is just saying this to get attention, and it’s clearly working.

How do you know this isn’t his opinion?

It might be his opinion, but frankly I doubt it. It’s hyperexaggerated bait in any case.

The story about him interviewing people, throwing their resumes in the trash and telling them to “go have kids” is obviously BS, so it stands to reason that the rest isn’t true either.

Re: Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Post by belter »

4ggr0 wrote: post #10
belter wrote: post #8

Do people have no more sense of humour? Is everybody here changing the world and providing a future to humanity a javascript framework at a time? This the Tech Lead! The one and only! The man has a sense of humour driest than the bottom of Death Valley. "Why I'm so good at coding.": https://youtu.be/xqgH9j3x2OE

He also scammed people with his own cryptocurrency, dragging critics through the mud and constantly lying about the situation.

He got poor too, he says...

"How Crypto Made Me Poor... my biggest mistakes.": https://youtu.be/5A67U1M80tw

And if you are getting Crypto advice from an humoristic channel on YouTube well...

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Post by jstream67 »

moomin wrote: post #9
eschaton wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know this isn’t his opinion?

You see, that’s the thing with the far-right grift. It’s always like dealing with Schrödinger’s cat but for beliefs. But the answer to “Are they a deeply unpleasant person or are they just in it for the attention/money?” is always both. This isn’t new. Goebbels was quite open about the fact a lot of what he did was fundamentally in bad faith.

TechLead does not strike me as 'far-right'. He spent enough time in California working for Facebook and Google that I would be shocked if he is anything other than far to mid left.

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Post by belter »

craggyjaggy wrote: post #11
belter wrote: post #8

Do people have no more sense of humour? Is everybody here changing the world and providing a future to humanity a javascript framework at a time? This the Tech Lead! The one and only! The man has a sense of humour driest than the bottom of Death Valley. "Why I'm so good at coding.": https://youtu.be/xqgH9j3x2OE

The article contains multiple tweets where he doubles down and says even weirder stuff: > "No one asked for women programmers. We asked for women influencers and instead got 'independent women' in pants suits. Independence does not exist if you want a family. A woman should prioritize being a good mother and wife, not a coding machine. 'Mother/Wife' is a great job," How do literally multiple paragraphs of misogynisti…

Because he made a career of outrageous statements I do not take anything he says at face value. What I know, is that many of his videos made me fall from the chair several times laughing, and his business is YouTube views and selling Tech Lead shirts...

Re: Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Post by lern_too_spel »

eschaton wrote: post #6
HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #4

It’s incredible to me that people can’t see that this is obvious bait. He is just saying this to get attention, and it’s clearly working.

How do you know this isn’t his opinion?

It is unlikely he trashed anybody's resumes during an interview. There would be lawsuits.

Does it matter if this is his opinion? He's a YouTube entertainer, not an employer, and his audience knows when he's trolling.

Re: Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Post by seabea »

A large number of people seem to have only recently discovered this chauvinist pig.

His Twitter feed and YouTube channel are full of hot-takes, intended to shock and trigger people.

He knows exactly what he's doing. He's just another Alex Jones or Joe Rogan. Getting you to share his posts and videos to demonstrate your outrage is his goal and many are falling for it, hook, line, and, sinker.

If you take issue with what he is saying (and I hope you do), please choose to amplify the voices of the women he'd rather be silent. Don't amplify him.

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Post by learn-forever »

HL33tibCe7 wrote: post #4

It’s incredible to me that people can’t see that this is obvious bait. He is just saying this to get attention, and it’s clearly working.

Some people simply cannot decouple their moral outrage from their ability to assess a situation. Good for a particular type of comedian, though it's not really to my taste.

Re: Ex-Google Tech Lead Brags About How He Used to Trash Women's Résumés

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Post by 4ggr0 »

belter wrote: post #14
4ggr0 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He also scammed people with his own cryptocurrency, dragging critics through the mud and constantly lying about the situation.

He got poor too, he says... "How Crypto Made Me Poor... my biggest mistakes.": https://youtu.be/5A67U1M80tw And if you are getting Crypto advice from an humoristic channel on YouTube well...

Oh, he only scammed them sarcastically? Well then, don't see a problem in that case.

https://youtu.be/pLrRt8R9zRA

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