Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work

Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by ananthraghavan on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:28PM (#21278108)

>If I tell people I'm a programmer, I generally am competing with the perception that I am socially awkward. People assume I'm like some Big Bang Theory character until I prove otherwise. I don't like that stereotype, but it never stopped me from learning to code, or even was a thought that crossed my mind.

People thinking you're socially awkward is different from people sexually harassing you at work.

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by overgard on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:48AM (#21279820)

If the issue was as simple as women being sexually harassed it might not be easy to fix but itd be straightforward. But all the evidence suggests its a very nuanced and complicated issue. I don’t think just caricaturing and oversimplifying the issue helps anything.

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by lazyasciiart on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:38PM (#21286589)

I think you did exactly that here and I agree that it is an unhelpful contribution

> If you've ever been passionate about something, something that's hard and takes a lot of effort and practice to become good at, would you really let microaggressions stop you from doing that thing?

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