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by canes123456 3242 days ago
How exactly is this projection? Your original comment was stereotyping real developers based on their appearance. They were not "legit developers" in your eyes because of how they looked. I am looking at the home page photos and it is not like they all look like models. They are younger and better looking than average but they would not look out of place on any dev team. This nonsense about what a developer looks like is pure bullshit. Why assume that a person is any less of a legit developer based on your image of how devs look? Why is more OK than any other kind of stereotyping? How is it better than stereotyping woman and driving?
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It was clearly not my intention to judge programming competency by appearance. But it is also undeniable that the industry does select for young, good looking people.
It selects for young men. Looks do not help you much IMO. Being a woman hurts you.