Have had many hats on in my life: Developer, Team Lead, Scrum Master, Architect and Product Owner. Now back to developer \o/ Interested in product discovery, quality assurance and language design.
"bro" usually indicates a toxic culture. Long hours, no breaks, fixation on "masculine" activities such as competitive fitness (heavier weights, more reps). It's a hard pass from me.
I'm sorry if the name having the term "bro" in it is such a huge turn-off for you. It's meant to be humorous, even if it didn't come off as humor to some folks. If you use the app, I think it will be pretty clear that it has nothing to do with toxic culture. I hope you give it a try.
I completely agree..it immediately sends me the message that the app's not meant for me. Which could be a conscious product choice and that's okay, but if that's not the case, this is very exclusive. It also reinforces the stereotype that programmers = men.
A couple of year ago I did a career switch from healthcare. I quit my job and did a coding bootcamp. And I am glad I made the switch. I am currently a Full Stack Web Developer at Microsoft. I love ...
I agree. The name and design is very exclusive so it appears you are only target cis-gendered men. The idea is great but is very exclusive. Making it more inclusive widens the market.
But isn't that "Bro" part very exclusive? O_o
It's used in a very tongue-in-cheek manner. We never meant it to sound exclusive/offensive/toxic. 😅
Women can be bros, too. 😉
I know many females who are better bros than their male counterparts.
"bro" usually indicates a toxic culture. Long hours, no breaks, fixation on "masculine" activities such as competitive fitness (heavier weights, more reps). It's a hard pass from me.
I'm sorry if the name having the term "bro" in it is such a huge turn-off for you. It's meant to be humorous, even if it didn't come off as humor to some folks. If you use the app, I think it will be pretty clear that it has nothing to do with toxic culture. I hope you give it a try.
I completely agree..it immediately sends me the message that the app's not meant for me. Which could be a conscious product choice and that's okay, but if that's not the case, this is very exclusive. It also reinforces the stereotype that programmers = men.
new title idea: "Bro-grammers and develop-hers"!
I dig it haha.
I agree. The name and design is very exclusive so it appears you are only target cis-gendered men. The idea is great but is very exclusive. Making it more inclusive widens the market.
I think we could definitely work on that. Thank you for checking it out and giving feedback. ☺️