Are We This Ugly?

Diversity Tech industry Software engineers Gender gap Self-deprecating Tech stereotypes It culture Developer life

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Are We This Ugly?

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The savage burn that hit every male developer right in the compiler! 🔥 According to this tweet, the solution to gender diversity in tech isn't fancy recruitment programs or inclusive workplaces—it's just plastic surgery for us dudes. Ouch. As someone who's debugged code at 4am with nothing but coffee and despair, I can confirm my webcam has mysteriously "stopped working" during many morning standups. Maybe she's onto something? My terminal might be dark mode, but my future in tech just got darker.

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