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So Microsoft employees are now being paid in Karma
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10/10/2014 11:59:24
 
 
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>>No wonder their software is so full of bugs {g}
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>>http://rt.com/news/194740-karma-women-microsoft-criticism/
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>I've been watching the reaction on social media. There is (understandably) a great deal of anger in reaction to Satya's comments. He's trying to walk it back, but I don't think he realized just how palpable this topic is for some female developers.

Given what a lot of women have to put up with just to get where they are in this business, I can see where being told, in essence, "Be a good girl and sit quietly until recognized" would be causing a wee bit of anger.

And for those of us who came up being, quite often, the only woman in an office of men there is a part of me that says "Whaddya expect from a pig but a grunt?"
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place
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