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As for your first sentence, you were not alone, just more vocal.

Anyhoo, my favorite part of the interview was her attention to documentation. That one feature is sorely missing in programmers, system admins, DBA's, etc. Many a catastrophe, night of wicked debugging, or mutilated migration could have been spared by a dose of documentation. All us geeks are probably nodding our heads, but do we really hear? It's part of being a professional.

'Nuff said.

I got bolloxed at work for "wasting time" writing Javadocs today ... I kid you not.

A programmer I've worked with used to say "everyone wants documentation, no one wants to pay for it."

I'll pick properly coupled code with good descriptive variable names over the average javadocced code anyday.

Javadoc describes your attributes, which is a good thing if you are coding an api. But to use it to make somebody understand your code it's useless. it does not describe the structure and logic behind your classes.

I've seen too many getFoo() functions with the the javadoc comment "gets foo". Try to pick you variable, class and method names so they don't need any javadoc.

I agree; our coding standard requires us to do what you have described, but I always try to use descriptive names...

... however I like to describe what the method does before even writing it, helps me think through the logic before I even start coding. Sometimes I write some pseudocode or draw a diagram, depends on what I am doing ultimately.

On the other hand, if you pose for a glamour shot to accompany your interview, then I guess it's not a problem if the readers notice that you're attractive.

I'm not saying this particular lady does so, but I believe that if you're an attractive woman (or man), then there's no shame whatsoever in using that asset to gain an advantage. If men are stupid enough to get wrapped around fingers (and we are), then that's our fault, not hers.

The big problem for me in this statement is - that it's sadly true!

Generation after generation of women grow up with exactly THIS firmly entrenched in their brains. And you know what? They hit a wall when they turn 40. Because "being attractive" goes away at some point.

Qualification and competence, ability to work alone and/or in teams, willingness to adapt and learn new stuff, maybe being polite. This is all that should matter.

But the rolemodels just aren't there. And so we see the next generation of girls growing up. This time with "Germany's next topmodel" on the TV screens, Rapvideos where the girls are nothing but "hoes" to a "pimp", and so on.

Breaking this cycle is almost impossible. Sadly.

The big problem for me in this statement is - that it's sadly true! "

Obligatory link:

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/817880750_tKpQa-L.jpg

I don't agree. If you are a men is stronger than a woman, is it her fault? By that logic you could beat her if she is not strong enough to defend herself because that is her fault.
There's aline to draw. In my country, discriminating based on physical appearance is illegal and I think it is a good thing. On the other hand, I believe it is a shame to use your physical appearance to gain an advantage over people.

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You have a point there.... except in this case the photograph wasn't taken for the interview. Sadly, I'm not that good of a photographer.

Yes, it is terribly sexist of you. This is OSNews, where we deal with 1's and 0's, and not much else matters. A person should be taken seriously based solely on competence, and it's pathetic that you'd rank her by her looks. It's out of place and inappropriate.

Also, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Add some Sarah Palin glasses and a margarita?

"...top 3 list..."

Yes, quite cute - but if you really want to meet beautiful IT women, pick a company (in the US that is), which specializes in Women's apparel - who you'll meet there in IT will simply blow your head off: beautiful, educated IT specialists, and your competition is gay or married...

What's there to be "better than that"? Considering her sexy is much more humane than considering a mobile phone sexy...

Still.. a good gadget is sexy too, as is she...

We use it... sometimes it seems painfully slow but I guess it is worth it.

Heck, we run our entire projects through Sonar with a few plugins (including findbugz).

Before sonar, I've personally used findbugz for a few years, and found it -really- helpful in hunting down race conditions in code I inherited from other devs.

Even if I hadn't seen the picture, I was still thinking that it sounds like an easy job.

My $.02

<I'll skip the details of my job vs her job>

The frog, the scorpion, and the river.

I'm tall and I could go to my boss and threaten to beat him because I'm obviously stronger than him. That could make me more money indeed, but I don't.
In my country, there is a law that an employer is obligated to consider anonymous resumes. You can send your resume with no picture and no name and he has to consider it. If he receives someone with lower qualifications for an interview but not you because you didn't send your picture, you can sue. There are also a set of 18 attributes he has no right to discriminate against, including gender and physical appearance. You can also sue if he discriminates for other attributes that are not related to the job.

Unfortunately, it does still happen. I'm sorry but that's just not acceptable. You can not say "that's life" and get along with that. That behavior is to be condemned and the perpetrators should face the consequences of their judgment. Look at what happened in the last century. If you let it slip, it slips. First the bad looking people, then the old people, then the disabled, and then it's you. Any discrimination based on something not related to the job should be reported and condemned.