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The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
minus-square01011@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down6·1 year agoCan you expound on that statement? It sounds as if the organizers were too quick to take the $650 from attendees and those willing to pay were very eager to pony up the cash in the hope of networking.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down16·1 year agoThe attendees should be able to tell that they would be intruding even if the organization didn’t bother to check that. Both were in the wrong.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHow would they separate those intruding and those who the event was made for? Seems like a hard issue to solve
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minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down7·1 year agoIt’s almost like women are disfavored in the tech industry and this is an attempt to make up for that. Can you stop staring at your own navel for even a second, Bob?
Can you expound on that statement?
It sounds as if the organizers were too quick to take the $650 from attendees and those willing to pay were very eager to pony up the cash in the hope of networking.
The attendees should be able to tell that they would be intruding even if the organization didn’t bother to check that. Both were in the wrong.
How would they separate those intruding and those who the event was made for? Seems like a hard issue to solve
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It’s almost like women are disfavored in the tech industry and this is an attempt to make up for that.
Can you stop staring at your own navel for even a second, Bob?