drolex comments on Paradox

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 128 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Counterpoint: I used to be a computer scientist in obscure languages, I'm as cis as they come, and I've always been absolutely average. Wait that's not a counterpoint at all

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[–] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Counterpoint: I am a trans woman in CS and I am incompetent

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe you just have imposter syndrome: you think you work in CS but you actually work in retail.

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

Tbf I had a friend who worked in CS but was actually a mechanic. He just fixed the systems so much they would pay him a diff to go work at other shops computers.

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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

That's...not...

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

That's not very sus? Well I disagree, and BTW I saw you in the engine room, what were you doing? Maybe you're the one with impostor syndrome

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Maybe taking estrogen will elevate your rank.

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[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 13 points 23 hours ago

You've convinced me we need to start marketing HRT as performance enhancing drugs for programmers. Maybe that would make corporate America support trans healthcare

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[–] Gamechanger@slrpnk.net 89 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Would this be considered doping?

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[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago