Tech bros’ attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages::Research sheds light on attitudes holding industry back

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    43
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    worst time of my life was when i was in computer science. i’m a guy but still - that hyper competitive shit is horrilbly toxic. letters on a computer don’t need to be boot camp toughen up bullshit.

    • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      48
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Where was that? I found compsci to be an extremely supportive environment where almost everyone was trying to help each other.

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        36
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yea, I mostly remember trauma bonding with classmates at 3am working on a project due at 8am

      • Fal@yiffit.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        Electrical engineering major here, and it was very much the same. Very helpful supportive

        • Apolinario Mabussy@lemmy.calvss.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Same here! Most people were very supportive and we commiserated a lot about our majors. And the same was the case for the entire engineering department.

          The only anecdote I know about which is similar to the hyper-competitiveness in the top comment is from a friend who was a CS major in a different university but with a heavy entrepreneurship/business slant.

    • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      30
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Honestly, I fare even worse in blue collar type environments. YMMV depending on your upbringing and general tolerance, but a lot of the “playful banter” I witness is stuff that would have you expelled from student associations these days.

      That’s not an endorsement of tech bros btw. They are toxic. The fact that other people are toxic in a different way does not exonerate them.

      • 0x0@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        25
        ·
        1 year ago

        You’re only allowed to criticize the tech bros now, otherwise you’re deemed toxic too.

        • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          20
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          You’re only allowed to criticize the tech bros now, otherwise you’re deemed toxic too.

          I sure as hell ain’t about to praise fucking tech bros.

          Maybe just quit your “Pc hAs gOnE tOoFaR” winging.

          • 0x0@programming.dev
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            I sure as hell ain’t about to praise fucking tech bros.

            Never said you should.