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Monday, May 25, 2009

The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist

Hi. My name is Kate and yes, I am a female IT professional.

The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist

This made me laugh like a drain until I realised how OUCH it really was.

2 Comments:

Blogger Dread Pirate Jessica said...

Really? I love being mistaken for a receptionist because it gives me a chance to make whoever does it feel really stupid.

But then living in Francophonia again is harming my character.

12:46 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mark G:

ha:

Except, Having potential romantic partners assume from your career that you're smart and well-to-do rather than unattractive and unfeeling.
ORLY? Have things changed so much since my singledaze? (1986 or so)

Also, the "Gender" one is totally untrue here, we have five codes for it and the field is "Person_Gender_Current" blahblah etc.

5:29 pm  

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