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Is A Bad Attitude Damaging The IT Profession?
dtienes writes "Why does IT get a free pass to insult users? Slamming customers isn't acceptable in any other profession; doctors don't call their patients "meatbags" — at least, not publicly. But IT professionals think nothing of wearing their scorn on their sleeves (or at least their chests — just check out ThinkGeek). There's more at stake here than just a few hard feelings. IT may be seriously damaging the credibility of the profession. See the essay I'm An Idiot (And Other Lessons From The IT Department) for a former IT professional turned user's take on insults, attitudes and ethics.
(Full disclosure: The submitter is also the author.)"
Shut up and show me your tits.
And I suppose you would know about being a tool.
u do have a point here .. but it's the smallest one ever.
... while females compliment each other earings or whatnot, we tease each other about pretty much everything and all the time .. the smallest defect u have, the smallest mistake u make, there is a guy near that's gonna make fun of you, try to put u down, etc .. and if u ever try to complain about that being rude/mean/etc, congrats, u just joined the sissies club ... welcome to the boys world ;)
guys love to pick on each other for ANY reason
and all this females that join CS schools and then complain about boys-club-treatment are missing the point .. that is like joining the army and complaining u dont get the same treatment as in the young ladies pension.
It does help to develop a thicker skin and learn to tell when they are serious and when they're just trying to bait you because they are bored, and to learn how to respond in kind in the latter situation.or maybe u think that a guy joining a girls-club is gonna get far with a boys-club behaviour?
well, looks like you got the point already ;) .. congrats, that is pretty rare for a woman
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