Ok girlies hard hitting question: When and how have you experienced sexism in tech? I’ll go first: - People literally shoving me at crypto events - People ignore me in groups of men and assume I’m the assistant until I introduce myself - Being spoken over and cut into (luckily not in my current workplace)
There’s more I’ve experienced obviously but those are the ones off the top of my head
This was the final straw of sexism in my prev "web3" job and probably takes the cake as it was said in a public company discord channel. Not enough emojis to redeem what is actually being said here (I resigned that day).
damn, brutal. I’m sorry, sam. here’s what some of my fav allies do: - ask me for my opinion / perspective publicly in meetings - give me credit for when I’ve contributed to a big win behind the scenes - advocate for me to lead key projects - introduce me to important relationships - treat me like a human!
i was at a VC investor conference with a friend at Consensus. an LP said there are a few interesting events he’s going to that might be of interest to me. “come with me. that way you can be my muse and i can introduce you to some folks i know”
one standout from the last 4 months: 2 male VC's on a call about nf.td. Vic tells them I built the product & they retort - "And not just the homepage?" ☠️ Honestly, so ridiculous, I've since co-opted *not just the homepage* as like my internal battlecry.
I also find it so weird when at a conference there is a "web3 women" section, and somehow all those talks are in a separate room, nowhere near the mainstage. Like duh, whoever organized this you kinda just make matters worse?
writing a blog post on this but here you go!! -at an on-site when i mentioned something about how women / lgbtq+ would be impacted, a male executive said 'we have to make a profit before we can care about that', I was later told by a female executive that 'that's just the way he is / this company needs men / etc'
-non-technical men (this is where so much of it comes from) diminishing my expertise and experience, ie when talking or explaining something interrupting with 'oh yeah i've done that too (when they clearly have not)' or 'well that's not very hard'
-a male executive (who I did not report to in any way) engaged in a protracted campaign of intimidation, after I brought it up in confidence to a leader I started to be removed from strategic decisions etc! i've learned that ultimately you will suffer if you talk about it regardless of who's in charge
one last one (because it was really amusing): -after I was promoted, a male executive literally went to the CEO to try and undo the promotion because it transferred some responsibility from him, and in a meeting when I was going over something he literally folded his arms, scowled and pouted in the corner
All the time. Every event feels like musical chairs where the music constantly stops as a guy reveals himself to be sexist and I have to run away because I have work to do.