[octokatt]

Yes.

Because the focus of the article is about how the gender gap/discrimination in tech issue is nuanced, and the other is literally talking about default stereotypes in tech and how they are damaging.

Literally, the article invoked a stereotype, because the overwhelmingly common stereotype is damaging.

[eloisius]

Not sure what you're saying, but it sounds like we're kind of agreeing, maybe? It just seems pointless to urge that we quit using tired tropes to solve a problem, but then immediately invoke another trope to make your point.

Are men coding alone in their basements really the problem?

[octokatt]

Probably agreeing, yes.

The problem here was me hearing what sounded like a knee-jerk-y reply to commenting on a stereotype, which usually means the conversation will descend into a horror pit. Language and behavioral conditioning does weird things.

[pseudalopex]

Calling out a stereotype is not invoking it.

[joelhoffman]

The article claims that prospective girls see "men in hoodies coding alone in their basements" as role models. That's obviously not an accurate view of software engineering but is it really the view that teenagers have? If so, that's a real problem.

[octokatt]

Thank you for making the point I was trying to with less words.