It reads to me a toxic culture. I’ve had a misfortune to work in frat-houses like this in San Francisco. Trust me, this is not fun even for male developers. If there’s no women to address the jokes to, they would be targeting their bigotry elsewhere.
People who let themselves behave like this are not men. There’s no decency in vulgar attitude.
On my experience most of the frat-startups are founded by insecure men who have clear trouble engaging with the opposite sex. Furthermore, they often portrayed as dorks, which fuels their hatred even more. Now, imagine that pack raises shit ton of money from a VC. Feeling fully validated, the boys are onto hiring. As a rule the first hire is a man. Any person, who has been raised by intelligent parents, would find such culture rotten.
I worked with many brilliant female engineers. However, it is a real problem to find enough girls to keep the balance. On that note, where would a startup founder can find a female candidate? The company I am contracting for is hiring. Thus far all applicants are male. The struggle is real.
