My companies have always did it (as well as for our team meetings and retreats) and there haven’t been issues.

Yeah, it’s grown significantly since I’ve been here as well. Probably more like 70/30... I’m in a very traditionally male dominated industry that is going through a major change with more women entering the field. We’ve been hiring lots more women and people of color and it’s making the environment even better.…

His name always sounded like a porn parody name anyway.

Or maybe just ban work parties? Or have them in the afternoon, as a thing to do instead of working instead of a thing to do during what should be your free time?

The lease cost is insignificant

I was very against smart locks up until last summer. Now we have two of them, both on outdoor entrances. I’m not saying everyone should be using them, but I was able to get OK with them. I’m not super security conscious - I’ve never had an alarm system of any kind - but when I was a teenager two guys watched me from…

Oh that last part I knew. We had “360-degree” reviewing back in 2000, and they encouraged all of us to rotate through the interview process after we’d been there a while. (It was a panel-style interview.)

I disagree. If a Christian co-worker kept telling a gay man that the Bible says he’s going to hell, it might be true: the Bible might say that. But it’s also creating a hostile work environment. Calling women in tech — even “on average” — neurotic does this too.

Senior isn’t the top level at Google, but yeah 4 years is way too fast, but sadly not uncommon in SV. I’ve seen people 2 years out of a Bachelor’s be “Senior” and that generally just means they can code shit without constant supervision. Not that they’re truly senior and get the big picture.

I was responding to a post that said, “If people don’t like it, they really don’t have to come.” which seems pretty harsh to say to Grandma Who Would Prefer Not to Dress Like the Upside Down. Coming not in costume is of course an option—it’s just an option that might make those not costumed feel awkward/embarrassed…

Also, weddings already have a theme! You know what it is? Marriage. Boom. Done and dusted.

So let’s say someone is throwing a, I dunno, Stranger Things wedding. That means that if their grandmother, great-uncle who has a walker, favorite cousin, etc. don’t feel like dressing up like Eleven, they should just RSVP no? People can do whatever they want, but that makes it seem less like “we’re having a wedding…

I mean, “just don’t go to the wedding” is not always such a simple option. What if it’s a cousin? What if it is your boss? Your good friend? Your husband’s best friend? Now you have to balance their lack of being reasonable with the repercussions in your life.

People Who Have No Idea How To Dress In Adult Life are the worst.

I mean, I can see a dress code because I hate people who show up in shorts and giant white sneakers to friggin’ WEDDINGS. But that’s a far cry from “You will wear the Leia slave costume complete with that freaky little laughing alien.”

My magic combo is a venti black tea lemonade with one pump of sweetener. (It took me a while to get the right balance - but for me, this is it. The way they make it normally is *way* too sweet!)

People on here are always so bitter and negative and look for a reason to complain about everything. I love the cheesecakes and avocado egg rolls. The sliders are pretty good, too. I like their Shepherd’s Pie. The only bad thing about Cheesecake Factory is that there are too many people waiting (especially on the…

The great thing about it is, no matter what you feel like eating, it’s in there somewhere. So when your party of 6 can’t agree on a restaurant because someone wants pasta and someone wants meatloaf and someone else wants tacos ... well, there’s a reasonable facsimile thereof. And since no one could agree they all…

But can you bring your doll?

The White House’s very own Nelson Bighetti.