gesa’s avatargesa’s Twitter Archive—№ 35,833

    1. Related to job hunting: I used to find “ask for forgiveness, not permission” brilliant. And then I discovered empathy.
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    On this note, companies, take a look at your published “values” and make *real* sure they don’t sound like a nightmare scenario to URMs.
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      Company boasts about “inclusively” writing their values. Team photos show more dogs than Black employees, over 5x more men than women.
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        I was still seriously considering applying, but I don’t want to be the only female engineer again. It’s too tiring. I’m too tired.
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          Serious question: is there a not-shitty (and more importantly, effective) way to email them and enumerate the reasons I didn’t apply?
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          Being the only female engineer means always and forever wondering if you’re being treated that way bc of your gender.
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            Being the only female engineer means fear of trying new things publicly because failure might look bad for *all* women in engineering.