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Comment by spudlyo | Hacker News Reader

I wasn't offended per se, but it did make me think a bit about sexual politics in the workplace.

I know my technical soul mate is out there somewhere – it’s just a process of kissing enough geeky frogs to get to the geeky prince charming i.e. technical co-founder of my dreams.

Ew. Really? Obviously she can use her hotness to get geek boys to rally to her cause, but ultimately shouldn't it be the strength of her ideas that sells the position?

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It's not like every great idea is immediately obviously great. I could have sworn one of the values in this community was tireless drive when nobody else believes in your company, doing whatever need be done to make it a success?

How is what she's doing (if that's what she's doing) particularly different? Especially considering I bet there's at least a couple founders on here who have occasionally turned on the charm to help reel in female investors.

Perhaps it's not that different than how charismatic folks routinely get people to help them. I realize it's supposed to come off as a funny piece that reads like an online dating profile, but it does feel like pandering to me. I guess I was more offended by it than I first thought.

Crap, it's getting more offensive the more you think about it? :(

That line was a joke... I like to try and be clever in my writing but obviously it often falls flat :) The strength of the position is how far we've got without a CTO - product shipped, iterations made, sales & traction - not me or my poor attempts at humor.

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