"Just because you want to breast feed, doesn't mean that the rest of us have to be subjected to seeing your tits and stomach, lest we be labeled as Haters Of The Ta-Tas."

I was hoping we'd be moving in the other direction. In 2001, I was still the only female in my class to graduate from CS or CIS. Maybe if the tech companies weren't so male centric? Company/Team outings are male centric. The non-technical groups get to do team building exercises like cooking classes together. Me? I…

That's crap. There is much more to computing than programming. There are hardware experts who do nothing but manage storage. You can be a kernel expert without programming. Talk to any SysAdmin who isn't a coder.

I feel like maybe this is a metaphor for why, a well experienced Systems Engineer, really hates computers now.

Seriously.. what is that? Do people just rely on others at home to clean up after them? I even have a cleaning lady, but I can't live in filth and I still clean up after myself. My cleaning lady just does my deep cleaning every two weeks. I fail to understand why people in offices are so disgusting and inconsiderate.…

Ugh seriously. Our office manager has to send our regular emails reminding people their mother doesn't work here. Why do male engineers think it's ok to dump their uneaten soggy cereal into the sink? There's obviously no disposal and it clogs everything and gets nasty. Then this other guy comes and brushes his teeth…

The biggest problem with Silicon Valley and sexual harassment at tech companies is that as soon as you report it to HR, you become the pariah. You're the one that may have cost that guy, who claims it was innocent fun, his job. And all of his buddies think you're the prude and you get included in nothing. And HR makes…

Oh. I've never ever thought that. But I guess I'm pretty successful in another field, so it never occurred to me. I honestly read through the list and thought it was fairly unrealistic.

As a single female engineer, I do notice that people with kids receive more leniency and sympathy when they have to leave at 4pm to pick up their kids, or miss events to spend time with their family. I end up being the team figurehead who attends everything when no one else will because I'm single and no longer have a…

Am I the only one that thought the article read a little overly snarky? I usually love that, it's just becoming more prolific lately. Like #4... are people really resentful of books that do well? (Aside from Shades of Grey, which has horrific grammar.)

Oh, I was intentionally being silly... just go with it, would ya :)

Oh, is THAT why? I always wondered

+1

Actually, I think she knew it would, because at the end she says "I shouldn't be cursing on the Internet". But still... her world is small, and I feel a little bad for some reason. Like maybe if her world view were bigger, she'd feel differently, but she's never maybe had a chance of that.

Right?! :)

Best explanation yet, thanks!

I grew up on NASCAR. The winning teams make some good bank. I am confused as to why NASCAR needs government sponsorships. Not to put down NASCAR or pro-fishing or wrestling, but what the heck? The public school I attended (and from there decided to go on to study music education in college) just cut out their music…

oh holy fuck. NEVER. SHAVING. AGAIN.

What's this? The author speaks Pittsburghese? <3

Everything is probably killing me. But I bought a swanky v8 Mustang convertible, so at least my longass commute is fun. Even if it means sitting on the 101 for 90 minutes, at least I've got the sunshine and good tunes.