What is "tech bro"?
Is that like... denigrating a person based on their gender... ?
Is that like... denigrating a person based on their gender... ?
(Note: I don't care if it's "tech bro" or "tech gal" - not everything is about indoctrination)
>>Is this seriously the kind of discussion you want to be having?
No, that's the discussion you'd prefer to have to detract from the actual subject of conversation in attempt to push your own agenda.
Because free expression matters.
You don't have a "right" to not be offended.
Adults are able to participate in conversations that make them uncomfortable.
Children require protection from certain forms of speech until they've developed the maturity to be able to handle it.
Censorship of the type that you're advocating is infantile. We don't need to keep adults safe from speech.
And yes, btw, I also find the phrase "tech bros" offensive.
It's difficult to have a meaningful conversation without risking offense.
So should we all just discuss weather and sports? Or only allow speech around us that agrees with our current beliefs?
If you call out neon hair safe space ("leftist") hypocrisy... your comment is flagged within minutes.
https://www.newstatesman.com/business/2023/03/childcare-cost...
In her lefthand (main thread article): Denigrates men interested in technology jobs which pay well and are intellectually arduous to even learn let alone practice.
In her righthand (article I link to above): Complains that women need more money for childcare.
Gee, it's almost as though left-leaning journalists are trying to drive men and women apart.
"Men, as a woman, I tell you: You're terrible! Now go fund women's lifestyles, we need your money!"
I've only ever known one masculine programmer, out of dozens I've met.
Programming is a sedentary & solitary activity.
It doesn't seem to attract masculine, sex-god type males. If anything, it's the opposite scenario.
The "move fast and break things" types who shout down opposition because they always outnumber the diligent quiet types. Who have their memes, foosball, beanbags, etc. Who were successful in SV because they didn't give a damn. Who then used DEI as a shield to progress politically.
Who then set up crypto schemes under the "effective altruism" flag.
So no, gender or masculinity is not central to the term. Complete lack of morals and deception is.
Isn't "whore" more demonstrative of lack of morals, compared to "brother"?
It's a silly conversation-- Clearly "tech bro" is misandrist.
It enviously discounts men for success in technology, often while simultaneously expecting something from said men (such as emotional or financial support, again, while simultaneously insulting them... yeah, not productive).
Because the vast majority of programmers are men, hence we use men related adjectives/words. These things describe stereotypes, there is no "tech hoe" stereotype as far as I can tell
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126823/worldwide-develo...
Same reason why in France we say "infirmieres" (feminine) to say nurse although the neutral should be "infirmiers" (masculine): because 85%+ nurses are women
> Clearly "tech bro" is misandrist.
Yet no one ever complained about it ever
American reading way to much into these gender stuff should be an Olympic sport
Can we find a smaller and more biased sample ?
The term "bro" refers to the clique aspect, same as "fraternity" or "sorority". It could have been "tech sis", but the majority of tech bros were male, certainly at the time the term was coined.
As opposed to a few decades ago when my experience was more “I like computer and want to know how they work. Being payed for it is nice”
Not a judgement values. I just advise people who want a tech job that programming is tedious and frustrating. If you’r ok with that, everything is on the table really. And I don’t mind working with new folks type
I suppose I've not really thought about the gendered nature of it being short for brother.
To me its like calling a group of people 'guys'.