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wahnfriedenlast Thursday at 5:36 PM1 replyview on HN

They are encouraged in surface level, performative ways. The actual communities are incredibly off-putting.

edit: speaking industry-wide. of course there are "not all men" type spaces in local communities.


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jstimpflelast Thursday at 5:52 PM

For all I know, being a male programmer myself, with a significant proportion of females in all my programmer circles so far, I can attest the exact opposite. Every one of those circles has been welcoming and inclusive.