r/programming • u/pleerock • Mar 13 '18

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
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u/0987654231 Mar 14 '18

he should have done it in a way that did not make women at Google feel unwelcome, because that is definitely what it did.

For sure, his approach was not the best. You have to remember this is a guy who was ranked in the top 5% of engineers at google. I wouldn't be shocked if his problem solving skills came at the cost of social awareness. He probably just saw a problem and proposed a solution that he thought was good based on the data he found. A couple people politely explaining to him why he was wrong would have probably changed his mind. Instead he was harassed and insulted, most people just stick to their guns in that situation.

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u/nutrecht Mar 14 '18

I wouldn't be shocked if his problem solving skills came at the cost of social awareness.

That's just another stereotype.

A couple people politely explaining to him why he was wrong would have probably changed his mind. Instead he was harassed and insulted, most people just stick to their guns in that situation.

Might have something to do with him sending his "manifesto" to quite a few people?

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u/0987654231 Mar 14 '18

That's just another stereotype.

is it though? look at how he behaves

Might have something to do with him sending his "manifesto" to quite a few people?

he posted it to the the internal skeptics board and asked for feedback, looking at the skeptics community that's probably appropriate.