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Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by gjm11 »

Eliezer wrote: post #79
ajg1977 wrote: post #3

Somehow I suspect the guys who are getting the girls aren't at home writing blog posts about the subject.

I believe the technical term for this is ad hominem . Is it even possible for an argument to be true if it subjects the author to a witty reply? Apparently the Internet would have us believe that all such arguments are a priori certain to be false.

Er, no, it's pointing out a selection bias which means that anyone inclined to take the existence of this person writing about "why there are no girls in SF" (plus, I guess, the apparent shortage of people writing about what a great place SF is for heterosexual men to find partners) as evidence that SF is (functionally) very short of women -- which, let's face it, lots of people would -- should think twice before doing so.

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

lr wrote: post #24

I've had more time to think about this... This link is now the number 2 link on HN. A few days ago one of the top links was about how to survive on $36/month for food. You have to be kidding me, right? Sorry, but woman and marathon, multi-day coding sessions filled with noodles, beans, rice, oats and pb&j just don't mix.

Maybe that's true in San Francisco, but I have indeed found a woman who will eat what's left from my meal only to go back to her own multi-day coding session. Here's hoping that she's going to make us both rich and powerful as well ... one day... :)

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by atas »

ardit33 wrote: post #53
branden wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Source?

You can search for companies profile in linked in. (I actually I friends that work there, and they complain the same, no women). Linkedin. Median Age 33 years Gender Male 70% Female 30% Ps. While that counts only people that have a linkedIn profile, I would remind you Facebook has more women that guys, so I would assume that women are very familiar with social networks, and not afraid of them.

As a personal anecdote, the m/f ratio in a company (one of the biggest ISPs in my country) a friend worked was supposed to be 67-33, according to LinkedIn. When I told him that, he said that certainly it wasn't the case. He worked in their HQs, along with as much as 90% of their employees, and one of the first things that made an impression on him was that women were so much more than men. By the way, there are profiles of 183 employees of that company in LinkedIn, with the error margin not sufficient to explain the discrepancy.

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by DTrejo »

sfphotoarts wrote: post #58
ajg1977 wrote: post #3

Somehow I suspect the guys who are getting the girls aren't at home writing blog posts about the subject.

The secret is to blog in a cafe with a CC (no, not the c compiler!) sticker on your macbook pro laptop.

creative commons? (really I don't know.)

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by Jem »

lionhearted wrote: post #81
nostrademons wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I threw in the "sane" to cover cases like that. I know of women that'll readily work 70-80 hour weeks for a startup. But I wouldn't exactly call them sane. ;-) Incidentally, I'm kinda curious whether there's any correlation between insane hours and success at the fuck-you-money level. (I know there's one as you go from high-school education to professional degree, but I think the causation is backwards: people…

> Yeah, I threw in the "sane" to cover cases like that. I know of women that'll readily work 70-80 hour weeks for a startup. But I wouldn't exactly call them sane. ;-) I dunno man. A normal girl who likes "shopping and hanging out with her friends", who sleepwalks through a boring shitty low-paying job, who doesn't exercise and doesn't take of herself... that's sane? My girlfriend in London: Family was high in the Co…

> A normal girl who likes "shopping and hanging out with her friends", who sleepwalks through a boring shitty low-paying job, who doesn't exercise and doesn't take of herself... that's sane?

...why does this have to be the alternative to women who work 70-80 hour weeks for a startup? I'm sure that's not what you're saying, as your girlfriend anecdote is neither, but that's how it reads.

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by catz »

wyclif wrote: post #70
zaidf wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. I'm sure it's majority Asian-American but I found the cutest ones to be straight Asian. Of course, they were also the hardest to make things work out given the severe language issues. Interestingly almost all straight Asians in SF are there to learn English.

I found the cutest ones to be straight Asian. Of course, they were also the hardest to make things work out given the severe language issues Depends on where she's from. In countries like the Philippines, English education is much more ubiquitous than, say, Japan or China.

I think it is unfair to group Chinese English with Japanese English ability. The English ability of mainland Chinese people is terrible (even though they are enthusiastic). Talking to them, even those who are well educated (grad students/professors) is like a game of charades. The problem with China is that most young people (20-30) started learning English at age 13 at school and their parents learnt Russian as a second language.

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by catzaa »

wyclif wrote: post #70
zaidf wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. I'm sure it's majority Asian-American but I found the cutest ones to be straight Asian. Of course, they were also the hardest to make things work out given the severe language issues. Interestingly almost all straight Asians in SF are there to learn English.

I found the cutest ones to be straight Asian. Of course, they were also the hardest to make things work out given the severe language issues Depends on where she's from. In countries like the Philippines, English education is much more ubiquitous than, say, Japan or China.

I think it is unfair to group Chinese English with Japanese English ability. The English ability of mainland Chinese people is terrible (even though they are enthusiastic). Talking to them, even those who are well educated (grad students/professors) is like a game of charades. The problem with China is that most young people (20-30) started learning English at age 13 at school and their parents learnt Russian as a second language.

Re: Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco

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Post by coolnewtoy »

defen wrote: post #68
paul9290 wrote: post #31

Also why is there a lack of African American people there? Anyone ever been to a technology conference? I felt like I stepped into Harvard circa 1955.

You just need to go across the Bay Bridge. I'm not sure how or when it happened but for some reason San Francisco is very white and Oakland is very black.

Hunter's point and the Filmore district are also heavily African-American.

But when I was there during the 97-99 boom there was a noticeable lack of African Americans in tech and web companies.

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