The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

  • 01011@monero.town
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        When a woman shows up to a men’s event she is brave and courageous. When a man shows up to a women’s event, he is intruding.

        Hmm…

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          1 year ago

          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?

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        How would they separate those intruding and those who the event was made for? Seems like a hard issue to solve