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Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:39AM (#6359920)
So, you're saying that women need special treatment as the more delicately nurtured sex? I completely disagree. The tech environment is what it is, and I don't want to be treated differently than my male co-workers.

Also, I've never seen anything resembling a "grotesque pastiche of misogyny and bullying" in my 17 years of working as a programmer or systems analyst.

Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:34AM (#6359891)
I've been a programmer/analyst for 17 years, and I have never experienced anything like what's being discussed by these women. I am older than they are (I'm a Gen-Xer), but still.

I've worked in web development shops, and I currently work for a regional grocery store chain, but most of my time was spent working for companies that own an internet backbone doing statistical reporting for the web. I can assure you, those places were heavily male and heavily geeky. No one ever suggests that I should be getting them coffee, much less making them a sandwich.

If anything, the younger, nerdier guys find me a little intimidating.

I wonder if some of the women in question are simply getting their ass handed to them in a code review and they think it's sexism. It's the opposite, actually. That's equal treatment!

Re:How Goya brought ethnic food to white America on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @09:22AM (#6289748)
Kellogg and Nabisco often stock the shelves themselves as well. And the Asian/International aisle is stocked by the vendor sometimes as well.
Good on you, but it's a sad fact that lots of folks just can't keep things in check.

As someone who does not get food cravings and does not have blood sugar regulation issues, it's hard for me to understand, but the only way some folks can manage to eat less is by banning certain foods from their life.

Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie on Friday March 04, 2011 @08:17AM (#2287913)
That's because your form stinks. Squats and deads don't hurt you unless you do them incorrectly.