Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 19, 2006 03:06 AM
I don't need to "cry you a river". In fact, I hope you get to be as "miserable", as you put it, as am I, because I'm having a great time enjoying my career in technology.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
You're right in that there is a problem. It's just not the one you think. The actual problem is the decision by some (again, mostly White) women to complain about not being simply handed all the knowledge about how to be a hacker. Becoming a hacker takes time and a lot of effort; Linus, RMS, and any other "master hackers" will tell you that.
The proper solution, whether you or anyone else thinks it's "popular" or not, is to bust your butt, as I did, and do what it takes to learn how to engineer/hack well. I've said before that the engineer/hacker culture is a ruthless meritocracy; if you do well, you get more, and if you don't, get outta here till you do your homework, then come back. Simple. A red elephant who can hack well would be readily accepted into the hacker community, as would a little green hermaphrodite from Mars.
Ask any of the "old cats" of American jazz music about this (e. g. Ron Carter, Ellis Marsalis, Dave Brubeck), and they'll tell you the same. "You gotta woodshed, youngster." Note: "woodshed" = jazz cat slang for "practice your butt off".
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Re:Oh, please....
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 19, 2006 03:06 AMYou're right in that there is a problem. It's just not the one you think. The actual problem is the decision by some (again, mostly White) women to complain about not being simply handed all the knowledge about how to be a hacker. Becoming a hacker takes time and a lot of effort; Linus, RMS, and any other "master hackers" will tell you that.
The proper solution, whether you or anyone else thinks it's "popular" or not, is to bust your butt, as I did, and do what it takes to learn how to engineer/hack well. I've said before that the engineer/hacker culture is a ruthless meritocracy; if you do well, you get more, and if you don't, get outta here till you do your homework, then come back. Simple. A red elephant who can hack well would be readily accepted into the hacker community, as would a little green hermaphrodite from Mars.
Ask any of the "old cats" of American jazz music about this (e. g. Ron Carter, Ellis Marsalis, Dave Brubeck), and they'll tell you the same. "You gotta woodshed, youngster." Note: "woodshed" = jazz cat slang for "practice your butt off".
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