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So Microsoft employees are now being paid in Karma
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10/10/2014 15:03:04
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
 
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10/10/2014 13:08:42
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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.
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>>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.
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>>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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>There's more here, too, than just the obvious. Men and women, for the most part, speak differently and behave differently in speaking, and that tends to have negative consequences for women in business settings. I recently read (though it's not new) Deborah Tannen's "Talking from 9 to 5" and it talks a lot about these issue.
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>Tamar

Would be interested in hearing some examples.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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