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Twitter at one point had a recruiter specializing in finding female CS people. I'm told they made at least one hire from this source. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets an interview, given Twitter's desire to maintain some gender balance.


But she's not CS. She's like "breathing girl who wants to play with the boys at the cool company."

That's the irony of the thing.


I'm trying to figure out what this comment means. What's a "breathing girl"? Who are "the boys"?


It wasn't that deep a comment, at all. It was more like, she's a girl who wants to work a technical company but doesn't have discernible technical skills that she's touting. But as someone mentions downthread, she's just applying to be the secretary. So, I stand corrected.

But there was no sexual innuendo embedded in my comment, at least not as intended it anyway in the slightest.


Who are "the boys"? The technical people? I was pretty sure they had "girl" developers too.

Also: we should acknowledge that there are technical roles that don't require lots of training; for instance, first-tier QA, or technical support.


She's not dead.


Almost immediately after hearing that they were hiring, when Evan Williams was on Charlie Rose, I did something similarly creative (though not so public) for my application. The thousands-of-dollars bounty they put on the heads of finders of potential employees is so off-putting. Still crossing my fingers. :)




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