Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jenn V. wrote:
> >One is a hacker - she does it because she loves it. She isn't paid a hell
> >of a lot, but that's because she owns a startup company. She's happy, if
> >overworked.
>
> Gee, that sounds somehow familiar :)
(laughs) Wouldn't be anyone you know^H^H^H^Hare, would it? :)
> That's a good point. Asking questions is less adversarial than making
> statements. So "How does this work?" is better than "This doesn't
> work." Which is something I know well enough to parrot, but which my
> male co-PHBs keep having to point out to me when I upset someone at
> Netizen by saying "this doesn't work."
It works extremely well, and is, I'm almost (but not quite)
ashamed to say, a very classically-feminine solution.
They usually stop in the middle of the explanation and say
'this doesn't work'.
Ones who know me usually stop in the middle, say 'this doesn't
work', then say 'you already knew that'. (laughs)
Jenn V.
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"We're repairing the coolant loop of a nuclear fusion reactor.
This is women's work!"
Helix, Freefall. http://www.purrsia.com/freefall/
Jenn Vesperman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simegen.com/~jenn
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