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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub by kevintb on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @07:27PM (#14707009)
Agreed. This is a very sensible answer. It boggles my mind that instead of ah "Other" field, they added a "Transgender" option.
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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub by drewmol on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @08:39PM (#14707346)
Keep in mind an employer is usually trying to follow compliance and reporting standards set by OPM, OSHA, IRS, etc. when selecting the allowable answers to this question.
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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub by true_religion on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @08:26PM (#14707296)
They could have simply put a text box instead of giving any options. Then the report can display a histogram of the results.
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