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        1. It's generally agreed upon that Silicon Valley (TV Show), while funny, is pretty accurate in the character of its depiction of Tech.
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        Remember: it has an entire plotline about a dude being so threatened by his girlfriend's programming ability he gets her sent to jail.
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      Remember that & all the other totally non fictional sexism we've seen in Tech over last few years when you read this theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/14/google-women-promotions-lower-paying-jobs-lawsuit
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    Because once you get the 'wow is Google sexist' part there's a whole lot to unpack in there.
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      There's the fact that Google think it's best solution is to math it's way out of ingrained biases.
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        There's the whole 'front end is less important work' which is just accepted, even tho putting UI in front of users is incredibly important.
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          Everything you need to know about Tech is in the implication that figuring out how users interact w/a product is the least important job.


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