@pdcawley Good example of something that’s logically true in the small, morally wrong in the large
@pdcawley I fully agree extrapolating patterns from anecdotal evidence is stupid
@janl … because although my guess is you’ll find it hard to believe, I’m open to changing my mind.
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@janl I’m not surprised you’re not surprised. Sometime I’d actually like to talk face to face about some of this …
@unclebobmartin I knew which article you had linked to without recognizing the URI or following it :-)
@assaf For all I know, pg might be an ass. But that article was bad journalism and the reaction ridiculously overblown.
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Surprise, Valleywag may not be that trustworthy after all medium.com/p/9ed6a69abb77
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@janl I agree with that, very little room for disagreement there. Does not answer my question, though.
@janl Hmmmm. So what you’re saying is that if I select based on anything that’s currently more prevalent in men, I’m acting sexist?
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@pdcawley Can you elaborate? I’m honestly interested and willing to change my view.
@janl Then the logical conclusion would be that preferring someone with a degree, or even experience, or any acquired skill, is sexist too.
Arguing it’s wrong to prefer people who started programming in their teens is a perfectly reasonable POV. Arguing it’s sexist is not.
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@assaf Nor into the typical it-worked-for-me-so-it’s-the-only-way over generalization
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@assaf BTW, I don’t buy into the sacrifice-your-life-for-a-few-years ideology, either