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Hey mate, listen - I get that you think I'm trying to socially censor the OP here but consider the main idea of the post - leadership. I know I'm probably wasting my words here but perhaps others will read this response and understand that there's a difference between my needs and what actions a person in a senior role might take.
When you find yourself speaking in front of a large audience (or writing blog post read across the world), you can't fully know each person's background nor what will bother them to the point where they stop listening to what you're saying and think more about who you are. I was at a conference in Europe once where a new speaker asked me to review their slide deck - they thought it was hilarious. About 3 slides in was a joke about Nazis and I had to explain (this person was American) that Europeans generally don't think Nazi jokes are funny.
The point being: it's not about social censorship, it's about respect and a focus on the subject at hand. Goofy slides with social messages only serve one person: you, and many people won't find your humor funny. Best to lean on your professionalism as a senior dev at that point, which is to focus on the message, not the jokes.
Finally: your GitHub profile is permalinked to the things you write here mate. You do as you wish, but at some point a potential employer or a person with a contract could stumble on this comment when considering you for employment 10 years from now and you kind of outed yourself.
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Hey mate, listen - I get that you think I'm trying to socially censor the OP here but consider the main idea of the post - leadership. I know I'm probably wasting my words here but perhaps others will read this response and understand that there's a difference between my needs and what actions a person in a senior role might take.
When you find yourself speaking in front of a large audience (or writing blog post read across the world), you can't fully know each person's background nor what will bother them to the point where they stop listening to what you're saying and think more about who you are. I was at a conference in Europe once where a new speaker asked me to review their slide deck - they thought it was hilarious. About 3 slides in was a joke about Nazis and I had to explain (this person was American) that Europeans generally don't think Nazi jokes are funny.
The point being: it's not about social censorship, it's about respect and a focus on the subject at hand. Goofy slides with social messages only serve one person: you, and many people won't find your humor funny. Best to lean on your professionalism as a senior dev at that point, which is to focus on the message, not the jokes.
Finally: your GitHub profile is permalinked to the things you write here mate. You do as you wish, but at some point a potential employer or a person with a contract could stumble on this comment when considering you for employment 10 years from now and you kind of outed yourself.