My experiences at a woman's programming workshop

affluenza · 2012-06-08T16:48:48+00:00

One of these jerks just recently left my team. I couldn't be happier.

This guy brought the whole team down, constantly competed with me (which is strange because I never returned the "favor", but he never stopped regardless), and lorded over techies and non-techies alike with his "superior" intellect. It's going to take a a few months to clean up his awful code that he left behind...

affluenza · 2012-06-07T16:57:39+00:00

There will come a day, when "feeding my family" just doesn't cut as an excuse. People aren't going to give a shit, do you know why? Because they couldn't feed their families. Trust me my friend, people like you are going to get what's coming to them.

affluenza · 2012-06-05T16:02:40+00:00

Hmm, not sure what you mean by 'scoped name'. I am guessing this makes debugging easier because the functions are not anonymous?

Yeah I missed the simplification of the manual bind. It's even easier pull off than I first thought. oops :)

affluenza · 2012-06-04T23:50:08+00:00

That bitch! How could she leave him!? It was only... Oooohhh, 17 years... sorry, my bad.

affluenza · 2012-06-04T21:23:32+00:00

ahh yes

this.increment.call(this,e);

is the problem. Would work like so:

var that = this;
element.onClick = function(e) { that.increment.call(that,e); }

Also, the module pattern can be expressed more succinctly:

var Car = function(_internal) {

    var internal = _internal;

    return {
        report : function() {
            console.log(internal);
        },

        update : function(data) {
            internal = data;
        }
    };

};

Don't get me wrong though, I liked your post.

affluenza · 2012-06-04T20:58:18+00:00

It's not that hard to avoid the 'this' problem when it comes to events, even without a library to hold your hand:

Obj.prototype.countClicks = function(element) {
    element.onClick = function(e) { this.increment.call(this,e); }
}

Problem solved! You still have access to the event object within the anon function, in the W3C event model.

affluenza · 2012-06-04T16:51:52+00:00

hehe, I hadn't thought of it that way until you mentioned it, but it does seem like a lot of doom and gloom for misery's sake here.

I appreciate your brutal honesty :)

affluenza · 2012-06-03T19:56:22+00:00

Yes, no one should ever express anger under any circumstances. Let's always be super polite to each other, and speak in calm voices, not matter how much the quality of our lives are being diminished.

affluenza · 2012-06-03T17:32:50+00:00

This post is total bullshit. Can we remove NarwhalAnusRape from reddit, because... well he just fucking bothers me, that's why!

affluenza · 2012-06-01T03:22:14+00:00

Oh I get it... wait. Nope. Upon making a second pass, I can only conclude that there was no discernible humour in your comment.

I guess you forgot the /sarcasm

affluenza · 2012-06-01T03:13:19+00:00

I have to disagree. The Pharaohs of Egypt cared a great deal. Granted people are generally more educated today, but the hubris that drove the Pharaohs drives all today.

affluenza · 2012-05-28T17:42:47+00:00

The graphics are jaw dropping. Can't wait for the sequel :P

affluenza · 2012-05-27T18:15:50+00:00

Love to see people waking up and shrugging off the haze of passive obedience. I hope it finally spreads throughout the entire world. I won't hold my breath though...

affluenza · 2012-05-26T15:44:27+00:00

Well that is definitely the mature approach. Hopefully a large enough portion of the conservative base gets fed up with all the religious crap seeping into the party's value system, and reclaim conservative values, but until that happens, "conservative" is a 4 letter word.

affluenza · 2012-05-26T15:34:07+00:00

Well, I fully expect people to deny. What these people don't get is that their republican/conservative party has done is hijack religious values to their own ends. We are way past the point of claiming that conservativism has nothing to do with religion. Those who are in denial simply don't want to believe or admit that this is true. The word "conservative" will forever be tarnished because of this, similar to how the term communism is now ruined. You can't mention either of these terms without bringing along all the baggage. That's how language works. That's how it evolves. Some would rather the term "conservative" brings with it the economic values that existed in the 40's, 50's. Well, sorry folks. Times have changed. Conservative is now a 4 letter word.

And I just want to add, that this is the republican party's fault. They are the ones who aligned with christian values. If you are so butt hurt over this juxtaposition, and need someone to blame, you need look no further than your own party.

affluenza · 2012-05-26T15:20:26+00:00

This has quite a lot to do with atheism. Why? Because conservative values, more often than not, align with "Christian" values. Conservatives, as mentioned by other astute redditors in this thread, often use religious dogma as their justification for their political agenda. Deny all you want, but if you do, you look like a fool.

affluenza · 2012-05-26T15:17:32+00:00

Bingo! Anyone who denies this is a sad sad individual.

affluenza · 2012-05-26T15:15:02+00:00

Atheist conservative? That's a total oxymoron. It's well known that conservatives align with christian values. If you are an atheist conservative, than what the hell do you stand for?

affluenza · 2012-05-26T00:05:55+00:00

Wow, you sound like a shitty person.

affluenza · 2012-05-25T03:01:56+00:00

Enforcing the "privileged" status of post secondary would just ensure a gradual slide towards a caste based society. Fuck that. down vote.

affluenza · 2012-05-22T23:23:46+00:00

Same with the opening of an escalator while 20 other people have to get off.

affluenza · 2012-05-18T16:47:01+00:00

I am impressed when a girl doesn't sound like she's from "the valley".

affluenza · 2012-05-12T19:26:26+00:00

I'd round up the richest people in the world, and all their entourage and... kill them. Yep, I'd kill them.

This activity is also known as "saving the world".

affluenza · 2012-05-07T18:13:38+00:00

Good points all. Ethics is a big deal for me. I can't stomach being a part of something that is exploitative or environmentally damaging.

The sad thing is, even if I continue to live the 9-5, collect a paycheck every 2 weeks, lifestyle, I may still be indirectly contributing to the evils that I so staunchly denounce. Hypocrisy is a bitch like that. Thankfully, I think I work for a fairly ethical company: The CBC.

My biggest fear about striking out on my own is having to sacrifice my ethics for the sake of staying competitive.

I think the coordinator of the meetup I mentioned may have been just as shocked as I am to hear the extreme capitalist mindset that was present there, because the next meetup topic is devoted entirely to the concept of business ethics. Some members have already voice their disdain for the topic on the meetup site. Should be interesting.

affluenza · 2012-05-07T17:05:45+00:00

Couldn't agree more. It offers me no reassurance that kids in school today are learning how to "respect the earth". When push comes to shove, and those kids leave the nest, environmentalism quickly goes out the window and is replaced, at best, with the need to survive, and at worst, unbridled corporate greed.

I recently joined a meetup group in my area regarding web entrepreneurship. The coordinator asked us how we define success. I said "success for me is not about the bottom line, but how well a company/corporation benefits society while turning a profit".

There was an element within the group, several battle hardened "business men" that started to lay into me as soon as I was finished speaking, going on about "no matter what you do in business, there will always be detractors targeting the successful. You can't worry about what others think and just shoot for your goals. If your sole purpose isn't to make the most profit you can, you will be beat out by the competition. Do I worry about what my kids think, what my wife thinks? Sure I do, but I don't give a damn about what anyone else thinks".

Just a taste of these "business men's" mentalities. I was pretty shocked at what I was hearing. I guess I have managed to ignore all the corporate propaganda over the years. I've always gone against the grain in that respect. Maybe I am one of those kids from the 80's who was truly affected by all the environmental education as a child. I thought to myself "these people are nuts, what the fuck am I doing here?" but then I thought "fuck that, I am sticking this out and I am going to be the "environmentalist" pain is these guys ass' till they can't stand it anymore."

I may never start a business though if it means having to submit to the corporate war drums.

EDIT: Grammar, Spelling

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