What are the biggest discrimations, harrasments or the price you had to pay for being in tech industry? There were few which i went through in the begining of my career and I was new this ( united states) country. - I was segregated from a scrum team and asked fully to work on support issues, even though i was more qualified than the male counterparts and proved them several times by fixing the toughest technical problems. - i was escalated to HR for giving my opinions on the architecture. - i was excluded from important meetings which included rest of the male engineers More over I was paid way below the market, which i found out much later after changing few companies. This was 12 years ago, in a less diverse non faang company. I was young , naive and wished i had a mentor or someone to look up to at that time. I m interested to hear more stories . PS- All the dick hurt men can keep their opinions to themselves and do not bother responding to this . #womenintech
You are such a victim. I’m so sorry.
Winner mentality - They will be successful no matter what problems you throw at them.
Yes I stayed at that place with that attitude for 7 years which I regret for wasting the best time of life. I worked extra hours , voluntarily took on more responsibilities to be accepted . Winner mentality is to identify this at the beginning and run away.
That's some BS @oracle
Is there a Blind just for women? These brain dead responses here are making the case that there should be.
Biggest problem was being treated like the secretary no matter my actual role. I actually haven’t had too big of a problem in engineering environments, it’s more “traditional” functions like accounting and sales that still think it’s 1956.
There’s been a few big things, but mostly just like 1000 tiny cuts. Had to change jobs/teams a few times because of the big things, which interrupts career progression. Agree with Tyler Tech that it’s most often the assumption that I’m gonna handle the thankless admin stuff.
Something I’ve noticed: note taking in meetings is this huge responsibility for all other functions than engineers or engineering companies. The least “traditional” just pull up a google doc and the leader of the meeting starts typing. But it’s c level sales or revenue that have somehow gone their entire career to this point without using technology that need to designate a woman (typically the youngest) to be the note taker.
There was a thread similar to this a few weeks ago, about why some men on Blind are so misogynistic. It was banned like in a matter of hours lol.
You need to read the post more carefully. Totally unrelated
1) I was once asked by a male peer to do take a technical document that he and another peer was working on, format it and post to a sharing platform. We were all managers. I told our boss that I thought he (the peer who asked) needed a secretary or a training on how to format. Never again got such requests. 2) I was asked by a senior leader to figure out something about diversity in our org. Just because I was the lone senior woman in that org, it became my charter to solve. 3) Very frequently I saw men hanging out - and I wasn't included. I missed out on getting information.
1 is okay, 2. If you are a loner, then where else would they get a diverse opinion? 3. Probably they just don't like you. Are you a socialable person? Do you do small talk with your peers?
Maybe while we are at it we should exclude women from foreign policy decisions since its men that are drafted and have to go to war. You’re just seeking validation for feeling like a victim. Get over yourself.’
Do a favor ! Go to bed. Don’t bother responding . Your comment is useless to me. I’m not seeking a ‘validation’ I felt alone at that time and wanted to see how other women dealt with these situations and learn from them.
Thanks, Google. You just encapsulated in one comment the precise crap all women in tech have to deal with.
Having to prove that yes, I do in fact know what I’m talking about during every interaction with certain men. Being a smart woman with ambition must mean that I am sleeping with someone to get there.
Haha so true. Or my husband must be supporting me to get me there. I definitely can't do it on my own.
That last little comment was unnecessary and made you seem less credible. FYI.
I was segregated... Btw men don't bother reading or responding. ROFL.
Less credible because she was segregated and as such, doesn't care to hear opinions from that side? Please.