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Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits Citing Harrassment

Posted by samzenpus on from the hostile-environment dept.

First time accepted submitter PvtVoid writes in with the story of Julie Ann Horvath alleging a culture of sexism at GitHub. "The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Her claims that she faced a sexist internal culture at GitHub came as a surprise to some, given her former defense of the startup and her internal work at the company to promote women in technology."

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  1. That's capitalism. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Trade is by definition objectification, as you're reducing people to what they can do for you. Of course it's in men's interest to keep women subordinate so they can be more easily exploited (and it would be in women's interest to do the same to men, which is why you have "feminism" going far beyond simply asking for equality).

    1. Re:That's capitalism. by Stellian · · Score: 1, Troll

      I'm a guy and after reading her story I would feel the same if I were in her shoes. This is not a gender problem, this is a people problem.

      You would fave picked a fight with the husband of your female boss then quit you job in a hissy fit citing "a sexist culture" ? A people's problem indeed.

      I wonder, can we legally go full throttle on this "borz culture" for a tech firm ? It has been proven, time and time again, that despite major effort by the companies to accommodate females they still make up no more than 10% of some firms (most gaming companies for example), and they are still rejected/discriminated/unable to fit in/whatever.

      It stands to reason that a firm who openly promotes a male culture, without actively discriminating against females, would be far more productive and retain the best male talent. Unisex lavatory. Alcoholic beverages allowed and provided. Unlimited fastfood allowances. An in-house Bunny Ranch (legal for a Nevada campus). No bullshit anti-discrimination training and assorted brainwashing. Crash couches where you can chill or sleepover if you don't feel like going home. Generous basements for those of us who can't stand direct sunlight anymore. We hire females but they never stay more than a few days, with the exception of the Bunny Ranch of course. Man, I'm excited only typing this, where do I send my CV ?

  2. Time to fork Git? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is really bad, especially given the high adoption of Git. I really like Git, but being so closely connected to GitHub will probably make a lot of projects move to competing version control systems if this type of behaviour continues. Anyone know how much of Git's source code that is open, can it easily be forked to rely less on GitHub?

  3. Re:she's a nutcase by Tanuki64 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Interesting. In other words a typical feministic parasite. Meritocracy really must be evil. Makes it obvious that women are underachiever.