>>No wonder their software is so full of bugs {g}
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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?"
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