Is there any woke SWE here on blind?

Amazon
JT94jw

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JT94jw
Dec 21, 2021 98 Comments

For example,

1. you feel proud because your company is actively removing the word "black," "white," "master," "slave" terms.

2. You feel empowered having options for different pronouns on your slack profile.

lmk if you have more example.

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  • New
    gobshite

    New

    gobshite
    Imo woke is not a great term. I agree with the direction 'woke' wants to go in a lot of ways. But that doesn't mean I agree with all the stuff done in the name of wokeness that is just big corporates pandering
    Dec 21, 2021 35
    • The op at least doesn't mention anything anti white. All the non binary people I know are white, and removing master, slave etc idk how that disadvantages white people (still find it silly...)
      Dec 22, 2021
    • Wayfair
      Haldas

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      Haldas
      We have removed master branch in new repos and kept it in the old ones. Always fun to remember which one has what 😂
      Dec 22, 2021
  • Amazon / Eng
    De5i

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    De5i
    I'm fken annoyed that blacklist is blocklist now. Not like I have preference one way over another, but btches, please. Leave my code and documentation alone.
    Dec 21, 2021 10
    • Google
      hh82a903

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      hh82a903
      The fact individuals don't get triggered by such terminology because it's been normalized is not a good reason to continue using it. If these terms had never been grandfathered in through legacy systems and an engineer tried to use them people would think they're nuts. Even 20+ years ago you'd never get away with using master/slave in technical contexts where it wasn't already normalized.

      For most people I think this has nothing to do with being "woke", it's the simple recognition that we don't need to be so set in our ways. If there's a way to make something better we should make it better. I hope this extends to all aspects of work, not just technical language.
      Dec 22, 2021
    • So they blacklisted the work blacklist? LOL
      Dec 22, 2021
  • Twilio
    🦂king-

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    🦂king-
    I’m indifferent. Could really care less as it doesn’t affect me daily
    Dec 21, 2021 3
  • You’re the one being ‘woke’ about the woke culture.. trying to seek validations for your opinions on it.
    Dec 21, 2021 6
  • New / Strategy
    naira

    New Strategy

    naira
    Woke is a passive aggressive term
    Dec 21, 2021 1