Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond

Re:Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond by jmspring on Monday January 18, 2016 @07:04PM (#10927975)

Even in the early/mid-90s, working along side women wasn't a big deal. I learned a lot from some very capable senior female engineers while at Netscape. I even got some great advice on how to look at things like "part time work", etc.

I think the bro-ness goes along side the "work hard, play hard, be at the office all hours" mentality. I've been to a few different gatherings where startups were pitching (including YC) and tune out anyone who pulls the "we are a family, we are here all hours, we blahblahblah" type thing.

Liking your coworkers and developing a desire to hang out socially, etc. should develop organically instead of some "mandatory fun" type work culture.

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Re:Before brogramming, table flipping, and beyond by jmspring on Monday January 18, 2016 @07:06PM (#10927990)

I should add, I've talked with Google twice over the years. My favorite interview conversation ever was a woman who was deep in kernel development work, the discussion stretched my knowledge and she taught me a lot over the course of an hour interview.

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