[LRUG] I Love Ruby

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

Quite. In a nutshell, to treat any human being as though they were a facility or form of compensation instead of having agency is so deeply and fundamentally disrespectful that the word "disrespectful" seems inadequate to the task, causing one to reach for, e.g., "misogyny" instead.

Compared to that, the fact that I don't especially like beer and can't stand it when people misspell "espresso" (see also twitter.com/yaykyle/status/347013342159847424) seem like positively trivial complaints.

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On Jul 15, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Mark Burns <markthedeveloper at gmail.com> wrote:

> I stayed out of the gender conversation last time, but I'm going to stick my neck out, and without meaning to speak on behalf of women, I'm just going to say that it is exactly this kind of thing that makes the community unwelcoming to women.
> I can't count how many ways it is offensive to list female developers as a number on a list of attractive features of a company.
> 
> 
> On 16 July 2013 01:04, Richard Green <richard at evvnt.com> wrote:
>> Well it's certainly been an interesting week signing up to the Ruby Users Group and I've learn quite a few things...
>> 
>> 1. Don't double email (foolish)
>> 
>> 2. [JOB] posts require title filters.
>> I'm undecided as whether this is to prevent the post going to developers or to direct the post to recruitment agencies.
>> 
>> Well the scores on the doors
>> 
>> Developers 0 - 8 Recruiters
>> 
>> I think the recruiters are winning...
>> 
>> 3. Ruby developers have quality banter and like to squish themselves in to tiny pubs, drink lots of beer and chat projects and code. More of point 3 required.
>> 
>> So in the art of snaring a ruby developer in the next 6 weeks, what temps these rare creatures out of their natural habit to venture to pastures new...
>> 
>> Let me know which of the following would tempt you from you desk...
>> 
>> 
>> 1. Keg of beer and beer tap fitted to your development desk?
>> 
>> 2. The recruitment fee as your welcome gift?
>> 
>> 3. 4 day week?
>> 
>> 4. Building your own team of 4 from scratch
>> 
>> 5. Shares and equity (so dull)
>> 
>> 6. Commission from online sales.
>> 
>> 7. An endless jar of Cadbury chocolate eclairs...
>> 
>> 8. 4X female french, italian and spanish junior / front and backend developers
>> 
>> 9. Your own Expresso coffee machine with frothy milk maker...
>> 
>> 10. 30 days paid holiday if taken in December and August.
>> 
>> I'm looking for your best number or a combination of up to 3...
>> 
>> Richard Green
>> evvnt.com
>> 
>> CONFESSION:: I have yet to read the rules on posting, I'm hoping humour makes it through the filter.
>> 07787 527499
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