That's actually worse than his "Kiss a girl" gaffe. Hard to believe anyone thinks this person should be in charge of anything. They seem to lack both professionalism and maturity. Plus they jump to all kinds of wild (frankly bonkers) conclusion just as the result of someone thinking it should be "he" and "she" rather than "they" or "it."
> To me, that insistence can only come from one place: that gender—specifically, masculinity—is inextricably linked to software, and that's not an attitude that Joyent tolerates.
... I don't even... I hope he never discovers popular fiction, he might have some kind of mental breakdown with all the "gendered pronouns" (assuming his current state isn't already the result of some kind of mental breakdown).
Why is it hard to believe? He is a technically-skilled person, working on a tech project. Who cares about professionalism and maturity when the code works?
> To me, that insistence can only come from one place: that gender—specifically, masculinity—is inextricably linked to software, and that's not an attitude that Joyent tolerates.
... I don't even... I hope he never discovers popular fiction, he might have some kind of mental breakdown with all the "gendered pronouns" (assuming his current state isn't already the result of some kind of mental breakdown).