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Irene Zhang
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yomimono, level 65312 cat bed

@irene Thank you for this blog post. I appreciate your source citation and synthesis here, as someone with lived experience but not much scholarship on the subject.

I’m shocked that it took me this long to discover your demikernel work, which is super cool and relevant to my interests.

24 July at 20:47 | Open on wandering.shop
Irene Zhang
bhakti

@irene this is awesome. Thank you for sharing :)

24 July at 23:36 | Open on types.pl
B Miller

@irene

From hamburger joint to newsroom to IT shop in the 20th Century -- I could write an appalling book. It was all normalized. "Housewives" were taking men's jobs and there was a price to pay.

It's ironic that IT is the industry with such a backwards reputation, because coding is such a natural job for women. A recipe is practically COBOL. Knitting instructions are a machine language with sequencing, branching and looping. Coding requires attention to detail and infinite patience, but not brute strength.

Thanks for fighting the good fight.

@irene

From hamburger joint to newsroom to IT shop in the 20th Century -- I could write an appalling book. It was all normalized. "Housewives" were taking men's jobs and there was a price to pay.

It's ironic that IT is the industry with such a backwards reputation, because coding is such a natural job for women. A recipe is practically COBOL. Knitting instructions are a machine language with sequencing, branching and looping. Coding requires attention to detail and infinite patience, but not brute strength.

25 July at 1:08 | Open on discuss.systems
Irene Zhang

If this blog post brought an experience to mind for you and you want to share, I’ve created a GitHub repo. Please post anonymously by creating a new account. github.com/iyzhang/misogyny/is
#womenintech #moralphilosophy #consistencyforthewin

25 July at 20:35 | Open on discuss.systems
Omar Antolín

@irene GitHub is now asking people if they want to contribute to misogyny... 🙃 But seriously, it's great that you created this repo and I hope it takes off.

Screenshot of GitHub asking "Want to contribute to iyzhang/misogyny?"
25 July at 22:04 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
Edwin Young

@irene this is very well put. Sorry you had to write it

26 July at 0:04 | Open on mastodon.online
Vish

@irene If someone wants to anonymize their PRs, they can use
GitMask (github.com/AnalogJ/gitmask)

26 July at 4:45 | Open on discuss.systems
Cheng Zhang

@irene
This is very disheartening to read.

I had several potential mentors who happen to be women. They are THE smartest people I have ever had the privilege to speak with. And they are also highly influential and respected in their respective field.

It is laughable to see men trying to dumb down interview processes for woman, when there are countless women who have accomplished more in their early/mid careers than these men can ever dream off, despite all the obstacles they faced along their ways.

26 July at 5:42 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
roundcrisis

@irene @Patricia That's so spot on and so painful to read. Thanks for writing it

25 July at 22:03 | Open on types.pl
Cat Hicks
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