199: Toxicity in Tech with Amy Newell

04:31 - Amy’s Superpower: Search Algorithms and Finding Things

• Finding Things in Code
• Visual vs Spacial Awareness

08:39 - Toxic Masculinity and Hierarchies in Engineering Roles

• I’m not in security but whenever I hear people taking about who is more technical all I see is folks jockeying for status.(not blaming, that’s the culture we have made in software generally). But from outside whatever y’all mean when you say technical is completely opaque.
• “Soft Skills” vs “Technical”

14:22 - Measuring Skill Advancement

• The Individual Contributor (IC) vs Manager Track
• Management vs Mentorship

21:02 - Congressive vs Ingressive

• x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender by Eugenia Cheng
• GTC Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng

22:43 - Ways Toxicity Shows Up in The Workplace

• Doing/Recognizing “Real Work”
• Letting Go of Past Baggage
• Amy Newell - Lessons from Bipolar Disorder (The first time Amy said the word “Patriarchy”)
• Microaggressions

29:07 - Unlearning and Psychological Safety

37:07 - The Word “Nontechnical”

• Respecting Expertise
• Skilled/Unskilled Labor: All Labor is Skilled Labor!

40:41 - Recognizing and Feeling Value

• Being Your Authentic Self
• Making Culture Better for Everyone; Supporting People & Making Space
• Counting Emotional Energy
• Enough Leaning In. Let’s Tell Men to Lean Out.
• Yes, and-ing

Reflections:

Jessica: Every person has a unique set of ways they can have an impact and best contribute.

Jamey: Feeling like you belong and realizing that others might not. Being aware of both mindsets.

Amy: The onus really should be on people who have power and privilege in any conversation to be doing most of the work to be aware of what I see vs what they see.

Special Guest: Amy Newell.

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