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Re:Organizer invents fake women speakers for DevTernity and ... by wendyshu on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:16PM (#38437627)
"There have been 1000s of events chasing the same small sub-group of female speakers.”

Who would have thought, it's hard to find female coders in order to present some fantasy where there are a lot of female coders because there aren't a lot of female coders.

Everything on a woman's resume is doubted because it may have been due to affirmative action. Infuriating.

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Re:Organizer invents fake women speakers for DevTernity and ... by dtjb on Monday November 27, 2023 @06:33PM (#38440089)
"Everything on a woman's resume is doubted because it may have been due to affirmative action."

Do we doubt men's resumes because they could have been a legacy admission, or hired by a buddy from school?

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Re:Organizer invents fake women speakers for DevTernity and ... by wendyshu on Monday November 27, 2023 @08:59PM (#38441365)
Nothing you mentioned is sex-specific
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Re:Organizer invents fake women speakers for DevTernity and ... by potatosalad21 on Monday November 27, 2023 @07:06PM (#38440456)
What's pathetic is there are lots of female coders out there, I work with many. But they don't usually self-promote that much and they aren't all young and Instagram worthy attractive like the fake speakers created by this creep so they might as well not exist.
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