Speaking In Code Part 1: The Female Perspective on Life in Technology

[Katie Burgoon]

Thanks for the thoughtful commentary, Guile and lindq. I appreciate your perspectives and the opportunity to continue the conversation. This topic is very important to me.

I want to clarify that by "sexist" I was referring to unfair treatment because of sex--e.g., not hiring or promoting someone because of their gender--not abusive treatment. What you're speaking of certainly exists, but it isn't a reality across all tech companies. It certainly isn't the reality at TT. I hope you'll follow our blog series as we feature some of our successful women in an effort to overcome gender stereotypes and encourage more young women to enter this field.

 

[Guile]

Thanks for the thoughtful commentary, Guile and lindq. I appreciate your perspectives and the opportunity to continue the conversation. This topic is very important to me.

I want to clarify that by "sexist" I was referring to unfair treatment because of sex--e.g., not hiring or promoting someone because of their gender--not abusive treatment. What you're speaking of certainly exists, but it isn't a reality across all tech companies. It certainly isn't the reality at TT. I hope you'll follow our blog series as we feature some of our successful women in an effort to overcome gender stereotypes and encourage more young women to enter this field.

I'm surprised you are responding to this thread at all and I respect that. However, there is a major issue with your article.
You made a sweeping generalization about an entire industry which encompasses thousands of firms and millions of workers. Are all those firms and employees sexist? Are we to believe your claims that this industry as a whole, refuses to hire and promote women without any evidence? It seems like you have an agenda.
I understand that tarring and feathering an entire industry, staffed mostly with men of course, is fashionable these days. This is the same narrative espoused by the New York Times. You are attempting to fix tech's "Man Problem." The problem is that by generalizing about an enormous industry without any data, you seem more interested in pushing a political agenda than correcting discriminatory hiring practices.

 

[Fractals 'R Us]

I worked in these Harvard-induced corporate environments where everything is "collaborative" and all that buzzword shit designed for women. When you actually want to get something done you hire a consulting company with one very experienced guy in charge and a dozen or two experienced people that do what he tells them to. LOL