We're a lot alike in a many ways. My husband is also a developer (though more as a hobbyist the past few years - he also owns a local computer repair shop).
We both share a love of strategy gaming, we're both introverts, atheists, liberal. Neither of us are particularly outdoorsy or sporty. He's much better at math, and I'm much more expressive, artistically.
He plays more video games than I do and I watch more documentaries than he does. He's a bit of a dreamer. I'm a bit more pragmatic.
We both have a very similar sense of humor.
We both have our own particular hobbies/interests that the other doesn't share, though. Sometimes I think it would be nice if we did, but I think the differences are also probably very important and healthy, too.
I'm not sure this is specific to the tech industry. Right or wrong, I think that "be competent at [job] and pretty/sexy/funny/personable" pressure is something a lot of women feel in a lot of jobs. I think a lot of times, that pressure is more imagined, or self-inflicted, than real.
As a not particularly attractive, introvert, female developer who has been rather successful in my career, I don't feel like I've missed out on any opportunities because of those traits.... and if I have, they're probably people I wouldn't want to work with, anyway.
Same here. My original one had the screen lift issue, so I sent it back and got a replacement, but I haven't noticed a bit of slowness, deterioration, or any other hardware/software issues out of it. I've used it almost daily since the day it was released.
Five at the moment. The personal/side projects (2 of those 5) get worked on whenever I have the free time to. The others, I have dedicated days of the week that I work on and am available to work on them, e.g. one of them gets Mon./Tues., one gets Wed. and one gets Thurs./Fri.
That way I can dedicate enough large blocks of time to the projects to really get some good work done and my clients know exactly when to expect to be able to reach me and when to be getting updates from me.
Of course, every now and then emergencies or major deadlines happen, but for the most part, I try to set a schedule and stick to it.
No, it's not the point. Is the UI difficult for many people to see? Maybe, but unlike you, I don't hear Apple telling people who need to use their accessibility tools that they're "not good enough."
Thank you for classifying me as "not good enough."
As somebody who has to wear glasses, I can assure you that the day I was diagnosed, my ego took a hit. One of the worst aspects of getting old is that one is forced to accept the increased loss of independence from aides of any sort. Of course you get over it, in time (well, some people don't), but it's far from a pleasant experience -- and "I'm not good enough" is exactly what you think, deep down, especially if you're male and proud. It's bad enough that we all have to go through that by default, but being forced by Apple to relive the experience for no good reason, it's fairly humiliating, wouldn't you say?
I'm more productive at night. My office has good ambient lighting and I like to keep it between 72-74 degrees. In the summer, that usually means I'll keep a fan going, which provides some nice white noise, as well.
I develop on a 21.5in iMac, standard Apple keyboard (the one with the number pad, not the wireless one) and have both a magic mouse and a magic touchpad. I tend to use the mouse more. I only have the one display. I like the idea of two, but with only one eye, which, itself, has peripheral retina damage, the very narrow visual field means two monitors causes more neck and eye muscle strain than it's worth. My desk chair is a pretty beat up, inexpensive, generic office chair, but it's comfortable.
There's a couch in the office, good for sitting and reading, and a stationary bike, good for taking breaks and thinking sometimes.
If I'm not doing anything too mentally taxing, I will have music on - usually Pandora, so never quite know what to expect. Otherwise I prefer silence, or something like the fan running, or rain.simplynoise.com.
The office has to be kept super clean and organized, otherwise I have difficulty focusing and start to feel a bit cramped/crowded (it's a 14x16 room)..... a quality that does not carry over to the rest of my house, which is either a blessing or a curse..... not sure which.
I am occasionally accompanied by a cat that likes to sleep on my feet, or a hound who will make himself at home on the sofa.
Wow, yeah, the memories. 2 Advanced was the coolest thing on the internet back in its day. There are all kinds of good reasons why it's a bad website, but it's still pretty nice eye candy.
I hadn't been to their site in years. It looks like they're still doing all Flash, but have moved more toward game development.
There was a post on HN jobs a little while back about a startup looking for a "front end guy" which reiterated several times throughout the post that they "need a guy" and if "you're the guy" to contact them.
The job sounded great otherwise, and was definitely one I would have been interested in, but I felt immediately disqualified and annoyed.
Normally these types of things don't bother me and I often think people read too much into things, but for some reason, that one did. Maybe it was the casual nature of the writing. It made it seem more personal, which, in turn, made it seem like the author was making it clear that they actually weren't interested in hiring women, that they legitimately felt as if a man was needed to fill the role properly, or that the idea of hiring a woman was so foreign to them that it hadn't even crossed their minds.
fwiw (maybe nothing) I know what you mean about finding certain job postings off-putting. For myself, I don't think it has as much to do with the job posting itself as much as it may have to do with how I am feeling about myself at the moment, and how much I hate the rest of the world.
I can understand and won't argue about your being a woman and being put off by "the guy" language. I'd probably feel the same way, if only because I am 50 and "the guy" seems very young.
Yeah, I probably have about 10 years on "the guy," myself.
I guess it was the casual assumption that a man would be the one filling the position. In a lot of ways those unintentional biases are worse than intentional ones.
We both share a love of strategy gaming, we're both introverts, atheists, liberal. Neither of us are particularly outdoorsy or sporty. He's much better at math, and I'm much more expressive, artistically.
He plays more video games than I do and I watch more documentaries than he does. He's a bit of a dreamer. I'm a bit more pragmatic.
We both have a very similar sense of humor.
We both have our own particular hobbies/interests that the other doesn't share, though. Sometimes I think it would be nice if we did, but I think the differences are also probably very important and healthy, too.