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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by tyrust on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:47PM (#18208830)
Calling out women separately and grouping them with "freshman" is pretty messed up. No one mentioned gender and women could be part of seniority.
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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by richardwardza on Saturday October 13, 2018 @01:00PM (#18208898)
I think you're misreading and the op was meaning freshman/freshwomen, shortening it to freshman/women
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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by demoray on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:53PM (#18208855)
Perhaps they meant "fresh men/women"? Instead of slamming, you could ask.
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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by connoredel on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:52PM (#18208848)
Pretty sure he meant "freshman or freshwoman"
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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by tyrust on Saturday October 13, 2018 @12:54PM (#18208861)
Oh, didn't think of that. I hope that's the case.

Avoiding a gendered word would avoid this confusion.

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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by elteto on Saturday October 13, 2018 @01:52PM (#18209142)
Not jumping to conclusions would have been equally acceptable.
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