Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work environments?

Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by watwut on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:30PM (#14491593)

Common, while there are some sexist comments, majority are not. Paranoia over sexism harms too - there is no reason to promote more fear then is actually reasonable.

Women are not helped by painting the world worst then it really is - that just makes women less likely try things that could turn out enjoyable or profitable.

IMO, that is one of the things that holds women back - the moment we poke out of cocoon helpful people feel the need to inform us about grave imagined dangers and some end up believing that. If you want more females to try out these things, dont overestimate problems (nor ignore them).

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by DanBC on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:48PM (#14491845)

In response to OPs polite, inoffensive, post someone told them to "go away"; suggested they had a "mental disorder"; was told they'd never be hired, etc.

And this is after only a single hour of the post going up.

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by striking on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:16PM (#14492160)

I ctrl-f'd for the posts you mentioned and found all of them to be downvoted and/or flagged.

There's going to be hostility on the internet. That's why some users can downvote or flag posts that don't add anything to the discussion.

I can see maybe one or two comments that I don't feel contribute anything near the top of the page, and that's because they were posted so recently it would be wrong to kill them immediately.

HN is not perfect, but it's damn good, especially when you give it time (as 'dang mentioned above).

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by watwut on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:12PM (#14492109)

I missed those - I read whole discussion when it was young and did not had those comments yet, refreshed, quickly read the rest and missed them somehow.

Then I reacted also because the fear thing is a bit of pet peeve of mine.

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