Summary: A recruiting powerpoint showing how it is a dog eat dog world - Showing how your income is for your gf/wife - How technical women are promoted for having stronger social skills.

A little about the author - Alex St. John:

Best known for his early work on gaming and creating the DirectX media platform at Microsoft in the early 1990’s, Alex St. John later founded WildTangent Inc. one of the world’s largest online game publishing companies and became a technology columnist for leading computer enthusiast publications MaximumPC and CPU Magazine.

Literally his rule # 1 is:

RULE 1: You don’t recruit and retain male engineers you recruit and retain Wives and Girlfriends

Shows that betas are made through years of social conditioning. All these beta bucks tech guys who got locked down the second they made $100k - or got a bit of equity in their startups. Usually, these were the guys who didn't get a lot of action in their younger years. And now their paychecks are for their cc-ridden cows.

With all the tech hype it is easy to forget what is happening behind the curtains. This presentation sent me back to my anger phase. It's a quick read. I thought it is a good share.

Here is the direct link [Pdf link - Might download]

Here is the archived link

tl;dr

  • Nobody gives a shit about you

  • It's a dog eat dog world out there

  • Put your needs above everyone elses