alukima

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by alukima 7y ago
Lines of code is not, and will never be a metric for gauging project contribution. Most of that 850,000 lines of code is likely boilerplate setup code.
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by alukima 11y ago
I'm really glad that option is there. I had an emergency involving a seizing dog and a round trip to the vets office. The driver was incredible and would have gotten a whole $9 if I couldn't tip.
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by alukima 11y ago
I worked in a US based office for a global company. The benefits were pretty awesome- down to them paying for my home internet, but our US based benefits were still quite weak when compared to our counterparts around the globe. The US worki
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by alukima 11y ago
Women also have to deal with those arrogant colleagues, and then we get to deal with the outright sexist ones and the ones who don't realize they are treating us differently because we're women. When these things are brought up it
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by alukima 11y ago
>That's more of a consequence of the erosion of anonymity in the Internet, than you being a woman. No it's a consequence of men seeking out my social profiles on other sites and offering to give me "extra help". Also
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by alukima 11y ago
>getting along takes work, takes giving people the benefit of the doubt, and it takes leaving your ego at the door. And once again, why do you think that women haven't already examined this and realized that the interactions they ha
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by alukima 11y ago
I always give people the benefit of the doubt? Why would you think that women aren't? I am an awkward person with social anxiety. The idea that women like myself aren't already doing that is part of the absurdity.
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by alukima 11y ago
Why would you think that women are looking for something to get offended about? If I was looking for something to get offended about I wouldn't hide behind male usernames on Stackoverflow, my local user groups, Hackernews (obviously no
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by alukima 11y ago
I am a female programmer in my mid thirties. I've had careers before tech, I learn new things all the time. I have the ability to tell the difference when someone is treating me a certain way because I am a newbie or because I am a wom
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by alukima 11y ago
Can you show an example of this?
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by alukima 11y ago
>I don't know if it's a poorly throught through PR stunt or if it's just a vanity / mid-life crisis thing, but it sure wasn't executed smartly. Or he just wanted to do what he thought was the right thing. I hire
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by alukima 11y ago
I make at least one round trip flight at least once a week. The thoroughness and extent of my search varies greatly depending on which co-workers I am traveling with. When I am traveling with mostly white co-workers it's very quick. Wh
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by alukima 11y ago
This made me realize I don't even own an FM radion anymore. I need to grab one for my emergency kit.
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by alukima 12y ago
Jumping between projects can also be seen as spreading knowledge and good practices around. It would probably be much easier for them to stick to one thing but that wouldn't fully utilize them as a resource.
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by alukima 12y ago
I spent an obsessive night searching through documents via online 'reading rooms'. I don't have the links anymore but theres mounds of documentation showing intelligence agencies doing shady shit like this to try to break up
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by alukima 12y ago
Men and women are socialized in different ways. You're using an awful lot of conjecture to make points I wasn't touching and never intended to. When either gender does something out of their 'roles' it's harder. Men
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by alukima 12y ago
Clearly that individual is not representative of any culture or larger movement. It also has nothing to do with this conversation.
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by alukima 12y ago
There are so many little things you can do to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable, a lot of companies do these things for women and minorities but everyone benefits. -regular checkins -coaches/mentors -make sure that everyone pa
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by alukima 12y ago
I think they are talking about tech buses, not public transit.
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by alukima 12y ago
>Maybe I'm too geeky and other people actually need physical humans like themself to cling to? :) That's a weird idea. A huge issue is that many, many people don't recognize that not everyone has the same needs as them. It
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by alukima 12y ago
Women are socialized to be more social. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
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by alukima 12y ago
The PDX Ruby meetup had so many women, the feeling was amazing! People were far more social before and after the meetup than anything I every witness in SF, and I try to go to 2-3 meetups a week.
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by alukima 12y ago
Women in Tech aren't a hive mind. Like the author states out everyone is different. Heck, there even differences in companies, regions, industries, ect. The reason I point this out is because these threads sometimes devolve into users
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by alukima 12y ago
Yep. My employer based insurance was cheap but they dropped me when I got cancer. They wouldn't have covered much anyway I later found out.
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by alukima 12y ago
About 5 years ago, at age 25, I found out I had a thyroid tumor for the second time in my life. My employer based coverage dropped me citing a surgery I received at 16. Not only was I employed full time, I was restarting school. I lost ever
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by alukima 12y ago
Why do you think more women graduate? Why complain that women have it better than actively trying to make it better for men? I'm trying to figure out why you have such a skewed view of society. You're certainly incorrect about how
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by alukima 12y ago
You know two men who became trans for better treatment? Considering the issues trans people face you are full of shit. Interesting how accounts trying to claim that 'women have it so much better' are always green accounts. If you
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by alukima 12y ago
I try to explain this to people all the time. Most of my childhood friends/family worked much harder than any I know now and are just barely making it, some not at all. I watch friends in the Bay Area spend everything-save nothing and
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by alukima 12y ago
This was poorly written. I'm still not sure why the author dislikes feminism. He jumped from one topic to another, without supporting facts anywhere. The biggest thing I have an issue with is this paragraph- >I happen to believe tha
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by alukima 12y ago
If anything he's in a bit of a bubble based on his age, location and interests. If I pay for honest feedback I'd like to get it from someone who is not exactly like me.

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