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Here in Providence they're just used for tourists during Waterfire. Imagine, a form of transportation that makes RIPTA look efficient! :)

Without having worked in finance or national level advertising, I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you other than how I perceive those industries, but that is neither here nor there.

As a datapoint, I cannot for the life of me understand why a woman wouldn't work in software other than the environment. I enjoy my work thoroughly. It pays well, its engaging, and I find it rewarding. Do I speak for my entire gender? Of course not, but neither does any other woman.

Just because its arguably worse somewhere else doesn't make it less of an issue in other fields.

Not to be a pedant, but historically computing was considered "womens work" in its initial stages.

I would address the the actual problematic elements of your comment, but I'm afraid in this forum such communication usually falls on deaf ears. Suffice it to say its easy to have a fatalist attitude towards "idiocy" when you're not the target in question.

I think its difficult for anyone to feel constantly happy and blissful. At what point is it happiness if its your baseline? In my opinion and experience, despair gives context to happiness.

Anon is not taking credit for this one.

ETA: Source- http://storify.com/poe/anonymous-lulz-and-godaddy

Just pointing this out, it is entirely possible to be a HN reader and deal with clients who have set up their hosting and ignore your suggestions (pleas) to move to a better service. Sometimes clients with low budgets and non profits like to just "figure it out themselves" instead of let their developers handle the hosting arrangement (we do charge for that sort of thing). Enter: GoDaddy's incessant advertising.

That one threw me too. Especially since I was under the impression that chastity was not his main concern in Paris... but then again, that's Paris ;)

Humor aside, I can't even imagine the shipping costs for pulling a stunt like this in reality. Then again, no one ever said spite was cheap!

Ah yes, the alpha nerd syndrome. Symptoms include not commenting code because "it should be obvious!"

While thats where many people start, its worth noting that its really a markup language that lacks core programming concepts (if statements, loops, etc...) Not that it isn't helpful!

And as a relatively amusing anecdote, I started teaching myself HTML when I was 8 or 9, when my family had gotten our first Windows PC. I had no idea what copy/paste was, yet somehow I knew how to view source and ended up handwriting out HTML and then retyping it into Geocities (yep. Geocities). Thats one way to never forget it ;)

Zenni is pretty cheap. I've broken several pairs, but at $8 you can kind of afford to throw them away. The frames are usually midgrade plastic. I usually order 3 or 4 pairs at a time, assuming I'm going to lose or break at least 2 pairs.

But despite the quality, theres some pretty stylish options that are perfect for people with no optical insurance :D

Also worth noting, the shipping time on Zenni takes forever. Forever being at least a couple weeks in my experience, but in fairness I haven't ordered recently.

I'm curious to what the "other side" of this issue is. Is there nary a safe space on the internet for men to talk about their experience in the tech sector?

Its "partisan" to think things like forced hormone therapy (and in some countries, not excluding our own: corrective rape and systematic abuse) is a bad thing, and dare we say, a violation of basic human rights? I'm sorry, I don't care who you are or what your politics are, thats messed up.

Giving other people rights doesn't take them away from the people who already have them.

You've got to be kidding me. Catering to one demographic does not inherently disenfranchise the other. Its not sexist that I've never seen a woman in a Gillette Fusion ad (eta: save for at the end when oh MAN is her honey smooth!). It is not "reverse sexist" that there is a site addressing women's issues and experience in tech.

"Reverse sexism"? Check your privilege.

You know, I come to HN mostly for the enlightened commentary on the news articles that are posted. Yet anytime something related to sexism in the industry comes up, I am stunned at some of the comments.

Yes. It is hard being a woman in the industry. It is hard being a woman in general. But the worst part is seeing how many men think we act like an entirely different species, and its disheartening. Sometimes, comments speak of women as if we don't even read this site.

Obviously there are many cultural and sociological norms at play here, but I expect more from this community. I guess thats my fault.

Not being familiar with privacy laws in the UK, did he have to sign a release to have his face shown on that program? If so I fail to see how its effectively shaming someone if they willingly submit to be filmed.

I don't think its so much a lack of work with NASA so much as a lack of funding.

Well clearly this is all in the name of feeding aliens to the poor. Or just getting literature enthusiasts to read about neutrinos :]

While the pronoun isn't inclusive, the sentiment isn't exactly gender specific. My Barbies raced around on Lego mindstorm cars ;)

I wouldn't say "no commitments". I'm trying to pay down my loans as quickly as possible, and fix my credit score (which I totally screwed up in college), so having a set budget is a huge help.

I can't risk a slow period at this point. Though freelancing is something I hope to take up again in the future, since I'm not really the marriage/kids type.

I work for "The Woman". I used to freelance on the side, but I signed a pretty tight non-compete. I prefer the security of a salary job over freelance projects anyway, as I'm in the lovely demographic of broke 20 something post-grads ;)

I studied under Mason during her time at JWU (which may not be MIT, but is not a technical college, for the record). If you want to speculate as to why her titles were such, JWU has a high faculty turnover rate. To be considered a professor you have to be there full time for a requisite period of time, and I believe she was pursing a degree while working there.

You can doubt her all you'd like based on your "research", but based off of actual interaction and tutelage, she is one of the brightest minds I have ever known and she has a passion for computer science that would put most HN users to shame. I almost wish she was still teaching, because she is as inspiring as she is intelligent.

She isn't in her current position because she's "pulling an act" or "gamed the system." She is completely genuine in her endeavors, and as down to earth as they come. Its a bit heartbreaking to see all this cynicism. Why is it so unbelievable she's a chief scientist at bit.ly? I sincerely hope its not the "she" part.

Vague blanket statements about possible future endeavors != hate.

Cheaper than therapy ;) Though arguably one could classify entertainment as a need.

Keep an eye on IETester: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Right now they just have IE9 beta, but I'd imagine they'll have full IE9 support soon.

I haven't really thought about economics as a soft science. I suppose its more objectively measurable, so I wouldn't necessarily lump it in with fields like psychology. Good point to ponder though :)

I see where you're coming from, but sociology is a soft science. Even in an experiment like your resume example, there are many uncontrollable variables (company sizes/values/morale, hr staff, etc) that render the data somewhat anecdotal, even if it follows a pattern.

Moreover, this post is a personal outlook, and doesn't necessarily need hard data to prove an individual experience. There is really no "If A, then B" implied here.

I can understand her anger to a degree, provided the person she was talking to knew she was married (or anything about her home life, for that matter). It would be on another level entirely if it was an assumption based on sexism, but without knowing the full context of the conversation I suppose we'll never know.

As for "people judge, get over it", that is a sorry state of pragmatism. Not saying it isn't true, just a bit sad.