[EDIT - It turns out that even this very comment required editing if we apply the standard to it, that it itself suggests, see below. SUPER SUPER great example!]
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(This comment is serious, not satire or sarcastic or something.)
I've flagged this article and everyone else should too. When the tech industry (programmers/startups/etc) reaches something like at least 60/40 - I'm not saying we need to wait for parity - then we can return to these questions. (There's nothing wrong with the subject, except for our industry's statistics - that's it.)
Until then I strongly encourage everyone here (male and female, regardless of your opinions of the article - i.e. if the article is good, and solid, and you agree with it, and it's not offensive) to flag articles like this, even when they're 100.00% correct, and even in the case that as a man or a woman you don't disagree with the article at all, don't find it offensive, etc. Mods should bury them from the front page.
I'm not saying this should be permanent, but let's work on this for a few years.
On the other hand everyone should be on their very best behavior for stories from the other side (in other words
everyone should look at their comments for a minute before submitting them, stay silent in many cases where they have an opinion, let women express their viewpoint without replying with men's viewpoints, and so forth), flag comments that can even be misconstrued as misogynistic, and so forth.
I don't wanna work with a bunch of men for the rest of my life. Do you? [EDIT: I am on board with the reply that pointed out that the issue with what men want, but rather equal access for women - great example. :) I should have phrased this in such terms. Sorry.]
Work for the world you want, today. It might seem like the suggestions I make in this comment (which is 100% serious, not satire or anything like that) are over-the-top, but have you seen the statistics in our industry?
Let's do something about it. We don't need to discuss stories like this one, here. We can discuss these stories on HN in a few years. Until then there are plenty of places all over the Internet to discuss them.
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(This comment is serious, not satire or sarcastic or something.)
I've flagged this article and everyone else should too. When the tech industry (programmers/startups/etc) reaches something like at least 60/40 - I'm not saying we need to wait for parity - then we can return to these questions. (There's nothing wrong with the subject, except for our industry's statistics - that's it.)
Until then I strongly encourage everyone here (male and female, regardless of your opinions of the article - i.e. if the article is good, and solid, and you agree with it, and it's not offensive) to flag articles like this, even when they're 100.00% correct, and even in the case that as a man or a woman you don't disagree with the article at all, don't find it offensive, etc. Mods should bury them from the front page.
I'm not saying this should be permanent, but let's work on this for a few years.
On the other hand everyone should be on their very best behavior for stories from the other side (in other words everyone should look at their comments for a minute before submitting them, stay silent in many cases where they have an opinion, let women express their viewpoint without replying with men's viewpoints, and so forth), flag comments that can even be misconstrued as misogynistic, and so forth.
I don't wanna work with a bunch of men for the rest of my life. Do you? [EDIT: I am on board with the reply that pointed out that the issue with what men want, but rather equal access for women - great example. :) I should have phrased this in such terms. Sorry.]
Work for the world you want, today. It might seem like the suggestions I make in this comment (which is 100% serious, not satire or anything like that) are over-the-top, but have you seen the statistics in our industry?
Let's do something about it. We don't need to discuss stories like this one, here. We can discuss these stories on HN in a few years. Until then there are plenty of places all over the Internet to discuss them.