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I feel like this being a kid. I code really well, atleast for my age, and almost everyone tells me 1) its not gonna work, or, 2) u should focus on scool.
Xcept 4 my IT prof, hes really cool (in case u ask, im 13) -
qn0x1338yI can relate. Started a job in a team that consisted of 80% white men above the age 40. I'm a 22 year old female. Feels like I have 17 more dads now...
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@linuxer4fun Tell you what, you need to keep doing what you love and you have an awesome future ahead of you! Don't let anyone stop you, I had a lot of people discourage me when I was young and it took me until a lot later in my life to start believing in myself and actually start developing my skills.
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grublle3988y@bananapirate I don't like to think the worst of people and perhaps they had valid criticism but this is a poor way to say that.
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@grublle To be fair, I'm open to my communication style receiving critique, I know I'm not infallible :) It's more the highlighting of my gender using heavily stereotyped language that raises the heckles.
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boomi2358yNot of the female persuasion here but I've been given similar feedback for being 'scary'.
My typical response to said nonsense is that they need to quit being scared then.
Get 'um. -
@boomi I think, we devs all are scary to athers. Especially, when we code in tty...
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bioDan61598ySpeaking for the scared white men community here and adressing all strong independent women out there:
#BringOurBallsBack -
I remember a meeting when they told me to become more approachable because i always told the juniors to google it first (easy problems)haha
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@bananapirate if they are having trouble with you then tell them to fuck off. Simple and should work.
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walaboi5Have you tried unblessing it and then blessing it again?
Worst meeting I've been in?
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