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skywind8

Responses to "Code: Debugging the Gender Gap" documentary

Apr 28, 2016 23:19

I was invited to join the Women in IT Network at work to view the film. At the same time, I also got an invite because I am a mentor for CoderGirl, which teaches women to code so they can find jobs in the industry. The film was a summation of clips on gender bias in tech, from many things I was already certainly aware of, plus some fresh content ( Read more... )

leadership, work, political, culture, geek/programming

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Super the hardest elgecko May 2 2016, 17:08:52 UTC

I had this friend that once accidentally set up a video game in the most difficult mode, got in, and was immediately slaughtered. Because he had a tendency toward excitement and yelling out random crap, he screamed, "Holy shit, this is like super the hardest mode!!"

My every experience getting to know women in tech had involved a recognition that they're playing the game in super the hardest mode, and usually doing it better than I am.