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Re:I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Go... by anonymouskimmer on Friday August 11, 2017 @09:56PM (#14995924)
My response to another commenter the first time this was posted (and flagged - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14990433):

It's like a person brand new to the job - you don't know their skills yet. After a few months one's co-workers should see those skills in action enough that the suspicion disappears. And after a few years the worker will hopefully develop enough that they can demonstrate their competency to pretty much anyone.

And ultimately the person will be enjoying their career, which makes most other considerations irrelevant.

It's not as if outsiders to a job have the ability to accurately evaluate the person doing the job. A company can't be held responsible for someone else's Dunning-Kruger effect.

Re:I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Go... by throwaway12124 on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:18PM (#14996259)
Well, or the suspicion is confirmed. But in any case, "a few years" is a long time to labor under a cloud, esp in an industry where switching jobs every couple of years is common. For myself, I'd prefer to face exactly the same standard as everyone else.