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Of course - but I think some of us wish that for once there could be an article about a woman in tech that didn't make a big point about her gender and include a staged, sexy picture. :/
This isn't a tech article. It's a women's fashion article.
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This isn't a tech article. It's a women's fashion article.
Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that it is annoying that you can't have a successful women without focusing on how she looks.
We need more articles about women in technology circles here on HN. Thanks for posting.
We need more articles about women in technology circles here on HN. Thanks for posting.
I think calling this an article might be pushing it.
We need more articles about women in technology circles here on HN. Thanks for posting.
"We" might, but women in technology don't. When someone writes about a successful man, people can assume that it's because he's successful; if someone writes about a successful woman, comments like yours make it seem like she's just being written about because she's a she.
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"We" might, but women in technology don't. When someone writes about a successful man, people can assume that it's because he's successful; if someone writes about a successful woman, comments like yours make it seem like she's just being written about because she's a she.
Wow. You are reading way too much into my statement. I was just trying to voice encouragement. Why don't you try to be more supportive?
Maybe you meant something like "I'm glad women are succeeding in technology," rather than "I want people to lower their standards for what's worth reporting, when they report on women, so we'll hear more about women even though the technology industry is disproportionately male." But what you were saying is much closer to the last one.
If you want women to achieve more, for whatever reason, that's fine, but that's not the sentiment you expressed.
Vogue's article was worse.
They post her in women's mags because she is cute, she's has designs touch, and she works for Google. I would prefer to see Caterina Fake. She has a brilliant understanding of HCI, that most of us will never top in our lifetimes. She's has doctorate from RISD. She's doing the startup thing RIGHT NOW. She's brilliant. She also has great style. You know that because no one would dare go up to her after a presentation and say:"Is that Jane Mayle you are wearing?" She just pulls it off as a professional, and that's that. (seen this in person at the New York Tech Meetup, I actually recognized the jacket she was wearing from somewhere, but she wore it perfectly, and no, I would not have dared go up to her and asked, where did you get said jacket.)
Bad conde nast (though I will vogue and W forever)
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Wow. You are reading way too much into my statement. I was just trying to voice encouragement. Why don't you try to be more supportive?
"Supportive" is not necessarily good. I am "supportive" of things I think are a good idea. I am not "supportive" of things I think are a bad idea. Maybe you meant something like "I'm glad women are succeeding in technology," rather than "I want people to lower their standards for what's worth reporting, when they report on women, so we'll hear more about women even though the technology industry is disproportionately…