Crosspost: https://lemmy.ml/post/37870
Some of the ugliest sexism I’ve seen was at the CS faculty in my university. The courses are packed with niceguys and kneejerk anti-feminists.
We had one of our lectors straight up tell us in front of full class (18 ppl: 16 guys and 2 gals), that we are going to use our diplomas as a hot pot stand. And we are here just for show, to hook up with smart guys. Yes, those were his exact words.
Nothing in me or the other girl suggested that we were attending lections to flirt with someone. Especially knowing that both of us were quite diligent students.
He also was very open and proud about him being sexist. It’s still baffling to me that people like that exist, succeed, and have a bloody confidence to take pride in their shittiness.
I used to work at Google and one of the engineers I worked with showed up to interview a guy from eastern Europe (like 15 years ago).
He looked at her and immediately said “I thought this was going to be a technical interview.”
That was the extent of his Google interview, didn’t even get the cafeteria lunch.
I gather that guy would fit in a lot better with the Google of today sadly.
I don’t know where this was, but in most places this would be grounds for a serious report. It’s unacceptable for a person in a position of power to act like that.
Sadly, considering where I lived (not US, and not EU), I strongly believe that nobody would give a damn about the report.
Wait for some of them to transition
In India most people who study computer science are women !
Cyrillic text on the screen. Hmm.
You zero prospects, I see a squadron of wingmen
I see you’ve never been to a bar with a CS major
(probably also because you can’t get them to go to bars)
Idk, large chunk of my CS class was extroverted. They liked to party, many were in relationships and we often went for pints between lectures at the campus bar.
There ofc was a lot of weirdos and assholes around too, an above average amount, but they got outnumbered by normal dudes.
Had a decent amount of women but by the end of the 1st year like half of the class was gone and most women left. They found it boring, too technical or they were not really ready for university, same for the dudes that dropped out. There ofc was sexism, but that came from niceguys or dudebros, they exist in every field.
As for my professional life, most sexism I saw was from career managers and finance staff.
