The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

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    01 year ago

    But it is an asshole move to show up to an event meant for one group of people when the original issue is how over represented your group is. I’m a developer. The grind sucks. But I would be an asshole to show up to this.

    If I was out of job, I would honestly care less about the fact that “my group” is over represented. There is no white male lobby that pays my mortgage. That said, I - as in the actual me - would not go to such event either, but that’s also because I wouldn’t go to any job fair atm since I don’t need a job.

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      11 year ago

      I would honestly care less about the fact that

      Sure, that’s what makes people behave like assholes. “I don’t care about X” is why we have a pretty shitty world in many areas.