[Discuss] Asterisk specialist sought

[Bill Ricker]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:
> No offense intended: it literally didn't occur to me that the tradition use
> of the male pronoun might be taken as offensive.

That is sadly precisely the problem: it doesn't even occur to (some)
people that implying engineers are presumed male might be perceived as
exclusionary (by some other people).
     In an area of hiring, however, it is now required to be aware and
to both be and be seen to be careful and even-handed. Jack's company
could suffer harm if someone thought it was *his* wording or
intention; good that you've (i think) dispelled that. Thank you for
the quick disclaimer, at least.

The telecom-switch tech supporting us 20 years ago was distinctly of
the female variety; she was easily "the best man for the job", but
that was no longer an appropriate way to say it, even then.

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Bill Ricker
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