The de-evolution of "breaking into tech"
"Break into tech" started as a well-intentioned movement to democratize the software engineerin...
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I think tech workspaces can generally be over competitive, passive agressive unpleasantness for everyone. I can only imagine how much more toxic that can get for those from a minority. I really hope that those individuals trailblazing and managing to survive can cause these cultures to change by their presence - every performant team I've been in has demonstrated kindness, support and fairness to some level, I think output in a thinking profession is never optimised by bullying or over bearing attitudes.
Very interesting perspective.
I am also a black woman in tech. Interesting ly, I only felt weird when I started hearing about bad stats/biases related to black women.
For example, I was afraid to speak up for a long time so I wouldn’t be tagged as an angry black woman.
But as a kid, these never crossed my mind.
Looking back at it now as a senior frontend engineer at Palantir, I realise some of the narratives we hear hurt us.
Even if some of it can be true, it is very unproductive to walk around thinking the world is against you.
Curious what you think?
Of course, as kids none of this would cross our minds. I was never scared to be labeled as angry until someone called me that. It’s the reality we often live in. I think it’s important to maintain a healthy balance of awareness but not make that the main focus of my life.
Thank you so much for sharing this epic!
🙏🏿 thank you and i know it’s super long 😅
Wow, very interesting and insightful
Thanks for sharing, I really learned a lot 😊
Thank you so much for sharing this! 💫✨
Learning in public is by far one of the easiest career hacks but most difficult due to a fear of vulnerability.
I'm grateful you added this to the article because posting projects and learning objectives can really help career growth as it did mine.
I'll be sharing this article, very well written and thought out.
How did you embedded this series part at the beginning?
Just saw your question . This will show you how to create a series. The embed will show up if 2 or more articles are part of the series dev.to/kallmanation/dev-to-writing...
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I want to know how to put my research and work out there in the tech industry and get public attraction
My approach has been to write and share it on social media. And I have to be patient