The Daily WTF: How to Scare-off Female Candidates
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| jezuch Sep 24, 2009 2:56 PM EDT |
For your amusement, somewhat kind-of on-topic:Quoting:At a company I once worked at, several of the developers would cycle into work each day. It was an exercise/eco-friendly thing, I guess. One of the more hard-core cyclists would often wear a full-body Lycra cycling suit for his ride... and would usually not bother changing out of it. He'd just hang out all day, wearing his spandex suit, and writing his code. Being a heavily male-dominated office (like most in the IT world), he could get away with this. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Designers-Cover-Letter,-... |
| montezuma Sep 24, 2009 5:12 PM EDT |
Yeah well I am male and I would find a guy looking over my shoulder wearing a full-body spandex suit a tad distracting too. We have them in bucket loads around town here aggressively displaying themselves and blocking the traffic with their poncy bike riding. Extremely tempting targets for grumpy car drivers. |
| Scott_Ruecker Sep 24, 2009 7:09 PM EDT |
If a guy was crazy enough to wear that in the office was working in all day he would get enough grief from me alone that he would not want to be seen in that get-up by me ever again..lol. |
| tracyanne Sep 24, 2009 7:46 PM EDT |
Yep, me too Scott |
| azerthoth Sep 24, 2009 8:12 PM EDT |
Says the drummer ... I seem to recall something about bands and spandex ... |
| Scott_Ruecker Sep 24, 2009 8:30 PM EDT |
I take the 5th on that azer..;-) |
| tuxchick Sep 24, 2009 8:41 PM EDT |
It's different when you're a drummer in a rock n roll band, you're supposed to look outrageous! |
| gus3 Sep 24, 2009 8:43 PM EDT |
And the stage is level when the drummer is drooling out both corners of his mouth. |
| Scott_Ruecker Sep 24, 2009 10:49 PM EDT |
Here is a look see at how I present myself on stage..good song too..;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-bOzWLmHvc |
| softwarejanitor Sep 25, 2009 12:16 PM EDT |
I live in Austin which is the sometimes home of Lance Armstrong. We've got a lot of hard core cyclists here, including a guy similar to the one in the above story (although he usually changes clothes). Seeing people wearing cycling clothes at work barely gets noticed around here. |
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