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- Team mate constantly stealing ideas I joined as SDE I in a new team but I have worked in the domain for 4 years now. I have a team mate - an SDE II who constantly takes credit for ideas that I brought up during our private discussions. He once over heard my conversation with another engineer about a solution and brought up the exact s
- Any other women out there struggling to stay technical in your career? I've been struggling to do so due to factors like people not believing in me (having to prove people wrong just to burn out and still not getting projects), and just in general working at startups that just need to figure out jobs definitions. Looking for any advice on how to successfully stay tech
- How has taking maternity affected your career? I'm having a baby early next year and I'm worried about the impact on my career. My boss is young, doesn't have a family. I told him I'm planning to take maternity leave next year and now I'm worried that it will negatively impact my year end review/bonus/refreshers even for this year. I'm also not
- I was sexually assaulted at work by someone I respected and truly liked I knew him for a few years. He used to be my boss. I keep getting panic attacks in the office. He’s very sorry and apologized but I can’t stop feeling ashamed. I have started seeing a therapist and it has helped a lot but I won’t report him. I don’t want him to lose his job or cause his family str
- Subconscious sexism Have been noticing this a lot during meetings and other interactions in office- Men usually look at other men while talking/explaining even if I'm the one who has asked the question. I don't know if this is intentional, maybe not but it's really beginning to bother me. Has anyone else faced similar
- Apple is the worst place for mothers I had always been a top performer and got good ratings every year until... I went on maternity leave last year and it has impacted my career big time. I am not able to recover from it even after a year. There was a reorg and I was the only person who knew about this project. I trained the entire t
- I'm sick of tech dudes Seems like money, tech and complaining about how they "can't talk to girls because of #metoo" are the only things they're capable of talking about. Blind brings out the worst of the worst but it's not much better irl. Really getting sick of the whole industry. Just a rant. Obviously not all dudes.
- vote Would you advise your daughter to pick a career in tech? What would you do in your environment today to make it easier for them tomorrow?
- Sexism in Apple I have to raise my voice here, in SWE, one of my previous group, guys are bully towards me. I am a female experienced engineer. I reported to HR, then HR covered them. And point the finger to me. Classic backlash of meToo movement. I also report sexual harassment in this group before. When out fo
- Should I lie about not being a transwoman? I’ve been searching for a new position for 6 months now. This is the first year I started openly identifying as a transwoman. People are more than happy to promote my posts looking for work but I rarely make it past a phone screen. I’m beginning to wonder if I should just pretend to be a cis male or
- 7 months PP and Pregnant Again Hello Women, I am 7 months post partum and have become pregnant again. I have a beautiful girl and looking at her and he dependency on me i feel i cannot handle second one. I dont have a mother and inlaws are not cooperative. Husband is great but he is very serious in career and we both know we can
- When should abortion be illegal? title
- Female engineers, what do you wish your male counterparts knew? What do you girls wish the guys knew about you or other SWE girls? Any habit/behavior/mindset changes you wish guys would make?
- Airbnb now has a hard quota for female hires in engineering Hire women at any cost and at any level to reach diversity. If you get to offer stage ask for whatever you want compensation wise since its now a hard requirement for their recruiters quota 50% in the next 5 years source internal email from ari
- Manager's fear I am a manager for 5-6 years. Recently a peer manager was let go due to some sexual harassment claim by his subordinate. I was able to get some info through a number of female co-workers and his ex-staff that he is "creepy" but they are not able to tell me how. Basically just the way he "looks" a
- women engineers something that i been noticing while working with young male software engineers, not all , may be vast majority of them. They would not ask for help from a woman, instead they would ask a male co worker even if that person has no experience in that area. Not sure if you guys are experiencing this
- link How would you react to this? ~Sexist comment from manager, haven’t even started yet~ I interviewed for a new role, and have already accepted the offer (consulting). I am no longer w/ Oracle, taking some time off, I start in a couple of weeks. The fact that I am engaged came up during the interview process, that’s about it. New boss and team are in town and invite me to join dinner
- White Boy Priviledge Do you find that managers would node there head to whatever a white man says rather than a minority? Managers will always ask me for proof But if a white man on my team says something, the mannequin would node his head.
- How do Chinese women lose weight so fast after pregnancy? Any tips? Indian pregnant lady in tech here wanting some tips. I see Chinese women come back from pregnancy leave with flat abs. TC 280k
- Jealousy Problem I’m afraid to post since I know this jealousy is very stupid but I want to overcome it. I’m a new grad female student starting to work soon. I always tried hard to get a job so I can live better off and buy what I want. I always thought that receiving luxurious purses from a boyfriend is little stup
- Why is software development still so male dominated ? I’ve been working in FinTech in NYC for more than a decade now and almost all the time I’m the only female developer in the team however big or small the team is whatever the business unit or firm is .... I see women as BAs and QAs ( sometimes in majority ) and even as PMs but barely have I had a fe
- How to not appear like I'm hitting on men...? I'm a woman founder. Mid twenties, relatively attractive, in NYC, in an exclusive relationship already and not looking. Obviously in tech this means a lot of meetings with single men to pitch my company/find partnerships. There's this one guy at an innovation center whose environment would be very
- Women in leadership What is a good strategy for entering the C suite? Are there any women here on Blind who are in the leadership level? I see myself one day standing in front of a huge audience and delivering a keynotes speech. The question is what can I do now for that to happen in 5 years? Asking women here since
- Sexism at your company Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft... what are some examples of the sexism you’ve experienced at work? I’m looking at moving companies and I know its the nature of tech, but I’m looking to see how bad it is in other teams.
- link Me Too, But I Could Have Prevented It I could have prevented it. Don’t misunderstand this statement. I’m not saying it’s my fault. It’s not my fault. I don’t need to have a Good Will Hunting moment with you or any other stranger to understand that. I don’t need your pity. I don’t need your sympathy. I need to access your intellect. Bec
- For people who think toxic masculinity doesn’t exist and male entitlement is purely a myth ! I have been looking out jobs recently and today I received this text message ... this creep ( who’s not in my contacts) texts me saying he saw my profile on bumble ( that doesn’t have my phone number on it ) and came across my resume ( that has my number on it ). I have a unique name so not so diffi
- Woman looking for a job Is it just me or is it way harder to find a job as a woman? I see my female friends having a difficult time trying to find a job vs men finding it quickly and easily and always with better pay. I’m not interviewing at fang companies mostly small startups or tech incubators for business roles Th
- Google doesn’t like 🤰🏿🤰🏿🤰🏽🤰🤰🏻🤰🏼 This is not good. Most developed countries provide 60-80 weeks of maternity. Please do better
- i am a tired software developer mom who codes, cooks and cleans i am bored.. i am tired.. life should be more than this! what should i do??
- Why women in tech? I understand that there’s significantly lesser women in tech than men and hence people feel a need to push for it. But why should we have more women in tech? Or any specific group for that matter? I’m not against it, just trying to get a better understanding of the issue. Are there any rational/mora
- Aggressive Men vs Women I've worked with many aggressive men in IT over the years. They tend to rise to influence and get away with arguing and taking a hard stand. I learned from them to certain degree when it comes to disagreements. However, if I slightly show aggression, uncomfortable tone, or take a stance then I'm see
- vote Girls / Women: who would you want to date? To all of girls / women out there: Which one of the following you prefer for dating?
- link Turns out there is a pipeline problem When you have nearly 100% unemployment rate in tech how can it not be a pipeline problem. Companies have been hiring women from a 6 month boot camps to boost their numbers, why would they do that if they had slew of women in engineers graduating from universities http://blog.interviewing.io/we-ran
- Best / Worst Companies for Women? I’ve worked at a couple toxic companies and I’m wondering which companies are female friendly and not full of tech bros? GitHub, Google, and Oath seem good. Are there any others people can recommend? Also, which companies should I avoid?
- Any Moms in Tech? I'm starting to think about having kids and when I want to do that. I was raised in a big family and loved it and would like to have 3-5 children. But I also want to be there for them and participate actively in their lives. Is this even possible? Every woman I've met who had gotten pregnant while w
- What do you think about women wearing backpacks? Recently I bought a Tumi backpack because I don’t want to carry a gym bag and laptop bag. Do other women carry backpacks?
- vote Okay to block opportunities for male students just so female students get the chance in tech? Background: This itatechchallenge.com used to be for every student (I was in the top 5 winners in one of the previous years). There used to be both male and female students among the finalists. This is a big event in the midwest. You would get interviews for internships and jobs because you made it
- How much do you make? I see people mentioning their fancy 500-600k total compensation. Especially in the bay area. It makes me wonder if I live under a rock. Ladies, what’s your total compensation like? YOE : 6 years TC : 180k (140k base)
- Female engineers with families Hi ladies I am wondering whether it's common to have children late for female engineers in tech. I am 33 and dating someone, I do hope to start a family in the next 2 years. I do get heat from my family members about being late which does bother me a bit.
- Most interviewing meetups are women only, no men allowed Where a person who is unlucky to be a man should go? Is this gender restriction ok?
- POC Female Hi just extremely curious about this (no right or wrong) ...Blk female here, and was wondering while applying to jobs do Caucasian women select 'white' on their applications? Or anything else? 🤔 Personally I feel like it's a lose lose for me.. I select 'other', what am I hiding? If I select 'black'
- How to Deal with Sexist Comments So I posted this in the HW group. This was the comment since you want to know “Girls are known for their succulent p***y. And then did the hand and mouth gesture and I was sitting across. Then they looked at all the girls that passed by and commented on there ass”
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- My girlfriend has an offer to work at Google... She has had telephonic, video and on site interviews. Out of 8 employees she met only one was a woman. The woman was in product management. Google claims that 20% of its tech employees are women. Is that really true for Google engineering or RND?
- scope reduction after maternity leave after returning from my mat leave, i got offered a demotion of responsibilities but kept the same pay and the same level. They gave my old responsibilities to someone less tenured and more junior than me. The local legislation doesnt explicitly state that returning moms should get the equivalent res
- boss asking me to email his admin for him Today I was an active member in a senior leadership meeting, and boss asked me to email his admin to set up a meeting for him. It took him longer to tell me who to invite and what to put in email than for him to do it. I will not be in the meeting since I am at an offsite. I wanted to say “send y
- Why do older white men hate women getting promoted and recognized? Not all of them of course but good number of them. I've come into contact with some older (over 50) white men who are clearly upset when they see women getting recognized and promoted. Why is this?
- vote as a woman, have you experienced sexual harassment at work? was talking to a friend and she told me she left her job because of (hidden and indirect) harassment. She is attractive and has experienced it at almost every company she has worked at .
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- Lost all motivation in life Ex got engaged recently. Manager has put me on dev plan. Have gained few pounds. Become anti social. Marriage on my mind all the time. Have no motivation left to get out of the dev plan or get a new job or reduce weight. What should I do !? Age 27!
- Manage a toxic and a hostile work environment How did you manage a toxic and a hostile work environment? Besides changing for another job. Don’t think complaining to HR would work at all. How to not let he bullying, put downs and shaming affect your mood and the motivation? If you want to concentrate on the work itself and achieve something be