Commentary on Technical Conferences

[deirdre]

My former co-worker Faruk Ateş rips into some jerks, wrapping up with the following translation.

"I am too lazy to expand my world view to include the possibility that I may have unconsciously treated women and minorities unfairly my entire life, and it wears me out that you’re trying to get me to understand this."

I suppose I should call this TechnicalConferenceFail.

Update: Faruk's post, "A New Kind of Conference.