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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by thieving_magpie on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @05:39PM (#10747919)
I see what you're saying. I just disagree that isn't a two way street.

I'm from the South and can't go home without being made fun of for "doing computers".

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by eric_bullington on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:00PM (#10748050)
> I'm from the South and can't go home without being made fun of for "doing computers".

I'm from the South and have never heard of an adult being made fun of for working with computers. And my family on both paternal and maternal sides is very Southern, having been in SC/NC since before the Revolutionary War.

I have noticed that some family tease a lot about anything and everything, but this seems to cross regions and countries.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by thieving_magpie on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:11PM (#10748487)
Hopefully the point I was making was apparent that no education level, working class, economic status, or any other classification I'm omitting has a monopoly on deriding others not like them.

There's no need to focus on the example I used. To reply, though, this is something I've encountered in Southern Georgia and I'll say that a) it may have to do with my physical appearance and b) it really isn't bothersome or overly mean spirited. I don't get too hung up on anything like that.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by thieving_magpie on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:00PM (#10748427)
Neat - well I have. Maybe it's a southern Georgia thing. I also don't "look" like someone that would work as a developer, in their eyes.
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by talmand on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:00PM (#10748051)
I'm from the Deep South, I work with computers, and I've never encountered anyone with that attitude. My minority friends on the other hand...
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by aaronem on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @05:55PM (#10748019)
So am I, and I can. It helps, I think, that I earn an excellent living at it, and also that part of "doing computers" for me is solving friends' and family members' IT-support-level problems, even when it's not especially fun to do so.

On the other hand, I might just be lucky. Who knows?

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