Comments on: TechCrunch in the Toilet http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/07/techcrunch-in-the-toilet/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: zolierdos (Zoli Erdos) http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/07/techcrunch-in-the-toilet/#comment-14729 zolierdos (Zoli Erdos) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:18:29 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/07/techcrunch-in-the-toilet/#comment-14729 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/dahowlett">@dahowlett</a> perhaps we should start a toilet thread http://tinyurl.com/3u5ynb @dahowlett perhaps we should start a toilet thread http://tinyurl.com/3u5ynb

]]> By: Sandy Kemsley http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/07/techcrunch-in-the-toilet/#comment-10325 Sandy Kemsley Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:44:10 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/07/techcrunch-in-the-toilet/#comment-10325 First of all, I can't believe that you would write "is [insert any software startup here] still an all-male team" -- unfortunately, startups are still one of the bastions of the boys' clubs, and I generally see much more gender discrimination (both in hiring practices and attitudes/behaviors) in small software startups than I do in larger organizations. Secondly, give a guy a visual distraction while he's standing up peeing at a toilet (as opposed to a urinal)? That's a recipe for having to clean the bathroom several times a day. First of all, I can’t believe that you would write “is [insert any software startup here] still an all-male team” — unfortunately, startups are still one of the bastions of the boys’ clubs, and I generally see much more gender discrimination (both in hiring practices and attitudes/behaviors) in small software startups than I do in larger organizations.

Secondly, give a guy a visual distraction while he’s standing up peeing at a toilet (as opposed to a urinal)? That’s a recipe for having to clean the bathroom several times a day.

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