It is indeed gender discrimination by definition. But it's not clear how you distinguish between what's an appropriate correction to historical discrimination and what's overcompensation. If the bias were in favor of an…
If the important thing is to be pedantic, I guess you win? But if we want to be pragmatic, we can acknowledge that many women, disproportionately, confront sexualization and objectification throughout their regular…
This is great! This is exactly what needs to be happening, and what needs to get more broadly publicized if we're to see a more representative ratio in STEM faculty. It's a long road from here to there, but this is…
You can give jobs to a few more people, you can serve a few more customers, you can experiment with bigger ideas, you can have a bigger impact, and you can sell something bigger when it comes time to sell the whole…
> I suspect it will cause some degree of resentment in the rest of the company. Why is that? While some people might be that petty, it's very possible that Gravity never hired those kinds of people in the first place. >…
That doesn't sound like a quagmire, so much as a couple pages of typical regulatory detail.
You're assuming that the wage market is already efficient and that Gravity's employees aren't worth $70k or more. We know that your first assumption is wrong, and I don't think any of us are in a position to know if…
If profits are unexpectedly worse next year, the compensation structure is probably the least of their worries. What they're really doing is investing in their brand as an employer, in the belief that loyal, eager…
As an engineer that identifies as being self-taught, even while having done some formal CS education after I'd already started my career, this question strikes me as unclear. As far as I've seen in my own code, and…
If you've hit a salary cap at startups, and care that much about salary, it's time to leave startups. Generally, startups leverage enthusiasm and equity opportunity in order to pay less for their talent. Meanwhile, big…
We're finally starting to see some exciting substitutes for C++ in general systems programming, and increasingly many embedded devices are able to support runtimes that are more tolerant of faults and inefficiencies. So…
I wouldn't use Storyboards for anything that isn't a largely cookie cutter app with 5-10 ViewController's. They just get increasingly less maintainable as your application becomes more complex. Generally, I default to…
It's very likely that neither the job nor the startup will have amounted to much in 10 years, but they'll each have contributed different experiences. So it's ultimately up to your friend and whether they've got more…
If the HN community is a reflection of anything in the real world, it's because people are sensitive to personal critiques and sometimes react by immediately assuming an intensely self-defensive posture, even if they…
You're assuming a very extreme context and using it to throw out the real value that's being offered to you in this article. It's completely reasonable for a person or group to describe behaviors that make them…
You're absolutely right. It's casual and doesn't carry an explicit gender connotation to most people that use it. At the same time, bringing attention to the implicit sexism (a la 'mankind') is valid. It doesn't mean…
> who determines if said sexualization is needless? The people being sexualized. And maybe I just find myself in different circles than you, but I rarely see or hear blanket Puritanical statements like you describe.…
Rather than obsessing every waking moment, or shutting your eyes and ignoring the topic altogether -- both of which seem extreme -- you can perhaps find a balance: Read the article, consider its merits, and do what you…
You don't think that needlessly sexualizing things might be insensitive to people who are themselves subject to exactly the same kind of needless sexualizing? It's no less insensitive just because women are also capable…
Programmatically generated art is still an immature medium, and rudimentary experiments in the medium still dominate what you see. They don't need to be great art for them to stimulate a little curiousity and interest…
Just talk to them. Standard Operating Procedure would be for them to file a 1099, which generally requires a W9 that provides your information. The person asking for a W9 from you is probably not familiar with how this…
If you have a good relationship with them and trust them: tell them as soon as possible -- even before you start receiving offers. They'll respect your needs but will want to work with you to make a smooth transition to…
It is indeed gender discrimination by definition. But it's not clear how you distinguish between what's an appropriate correction to historical discrimination and what's overcompensation. If the bias were in favor of an…
If the important thing is to be pedantic, I guess you win? But if we want to be pragmatic, we can acknowledge that many women, disproportionately, confront sexualization and objectification throughout their regular…
This is great! This is exactly what needs to be happening, and what needs to get more broadly publicized if we're to see a more representative ratio in STEM faculty. It's a long road from here to there, but this is…
You can give jobs to a few more people, you can serve a few more customers, you can experiment with bigger ideas, you can have a bigger impact, and you can sell something bigger when it comes time to sell the whole…
> I suspect it will cause some degree of resentment in the rest of the company. Why is that? While some people might be that petty, it's very possible that Gravity never hired those kinds of people in the first place. >…
That doesn't sound like a quagmire, so much as a couple pages of typical regulatory detail.
You're assuming that the wage market is already efficient and that Gravity's employees aren't worth $70k or more. We know that your first assumption is wrong, and I don't think any of us are in a position to know if…
If profits are unexpectedly worse next year, the compensation structure is probably the least of their worries. What they're really doing is investing in their brand as an employer, in the belief that loyal, eager…
As an engineer that identifies as being self-taught, even while having done some formal CS education after I'd already started my career, this question strikes me as unclear. As far as I've seen in my own code, and…
If you've hit a salary cap at startups, and care that much about salary, it's time to leave startups. Generally, startups leverage enthusiasm and equity opportunity in order to pay less for their talent. Meanwhile, big…
We're finally starting to see some exciting substitutes for C++ in general systems programming, and increasingly many embedded devices are able to support runtimes that are more tolerant of faults and inefficiencies. So…
I wouldn't use Storyboards for anything that isn't a largely cookie cutter app with 5-10 ViewController's. They just get increasingly less maintainable as your application becomes more complex. Generally, I default to…
It's very likely that neither the job nor the startup will have amounted to much in 10 years, but they'll each have contributed different experiences. So it's ultimately up to your friend and whether they've got more…
If the HN community is a reflection of anything in the real world, it's because people are sensitive to personal critiques and sometimes react by immediately assuming an intensely self-defensive posture, even if they…
You're assuming a very extreme context and using it to throw out the real value that's being offered to you in this article. It's completely reasonable for a person or group to describe behaviors that make them…
You're absolutely right. It's casual and doesn't carry an explicit gender connotation to most people that use it. At the same time, bringing attention to the implicit sexism (a la 'mankind') is valid. It doesn't mean…
> who determines if said sexualization is needless? The people being sexualized. And maybe I just find myself in different circles than you, but I rarely see or hear blanket Puritanical statements like you describe.…
Rather than obsessing every waking moment, or shutting your eyes and ignoring the topic altogether -- both of which seem extreme -- you can perhaps find a balance: Read the article, consider its merits, and do what you…
You don't think that needlessly sexualizing things might be insensitive to people who are themselves subject to exactly the same kind of needless sexualizing? It's no less insensitive just because women are also capable…
Programmatically generated art is still an immature medium, and rudimentary experiments in the medium still dominate what you see. They don't need to be great art for them to stimulate a little curiousity and interest…
Just talk to them. Standard Operating Procedure would be for them to file a 1099, which generally requires a W9 that provides your information. The person asking for a W9 from you is probably not familiar with how this…
If you have a good relationship with them and trust them: tell them as soon as possible -- even before you start receiving offers. They'll respect your needs but will want to work with you to make a smooth transition to…