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by helixhelix 2173 days ago
If people get swayed away from an entire profession because of a few words, how can they have the mental capacity for constructive criticism? For being told directly that their work is sub-par and they need to improve? And how do they have the capacity to do their job if they are constantly annoyed by a few words?
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dragonwriter 2173 days ago
> If people get swayed away from an entire profession because of a few words, how can they have the mental capacity for constructive criticism?

First, you probably mean emotional capacity.

Second, very easily, especially if they have other lucrative and rewarding alternatives, which people with the mental capacity for software development probably do.

Having the capacity to deal with necessary unpleasantness to improve one’s quality of work doesn’t imply the lack of self-respect necessary to voluntary put up with completely unnecessary unpleasantness just to work in one of the very many fields one has the facilities to successfully perform in.

But thanks for bringing out the classic hazing defense.

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helixhelix 2173 days ago
What lucrative alternatives? Is there another Linux kernel I'm not aware of? Another Google?

If you can't sit down and do a good job instead of having inequality living rent-free in your head [1], who would prefer you over someone who can? Remember, there's a reason these people are a minority. Companies turn down applicants all the time so this special case isn't that influential.

[1] The girl who started the cancel movement of Dr. Stallman was admittedly too frustrated to do her job.

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KaiserPro 2173 days ago
> Remember, there's a reason these people are a minority. Companies turn down applicants all the time so this special case isn't that influential.

such a wholistic view.

My female colleagues would love to sit down and do a good job, but they have to put up with men stalking them because they had the brass bollocks to give a speech at a conference without possession of a penis

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KaiserPro 2173 days ago
You've missed my point. master/slave isn't the issue, that's something we can change when we have fixed the attitude problem.

Almost no one cares about the terminology. Its the constant dick pics, the "oh you're clever for an x". Those picky little shits who have to prove the point because they simply can't be wrong in front of that <<insert person type>> its the constant cutting across someone simply because they are different.

Constructive criticism is precisely that, constructive. Annotating _every single_ line of a pull request with nitpicks is being a top class dick.

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