Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it?

Kevin Walzer kw at codebykevin.com
Thu Oct 17 18:23:57 EDT 2013


On 10/17/13 6:11 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Walzer <kw at codebykevin.com> wrote:
>> I've worked in marketing, editing, technical writing, and development, and
>> at no place I have ever worked would such behavior be greeted with anything
>> but immediate termination.
>
> That's all very well, but what if these gems were created, not by
> someone at work (where termination is possible), but by a single guy
> at home (and I mean "single" in two senses here)? He's not going to
> lose his job over it - at least, I *hope* he wouldn't get fired for
> what he did on his own time - so where's the incentive going to come
> from?
>
> ChrisA
>

Well, putting the package name on an official List of Asshattery is a 
good start.

--Kevin

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