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How do I look a teenage girl at a high school workshop in the eye and tell her that there's a place for her in the tech industry, knowing she's going to have to struggle through years of being underestimated, underpaid, and overworked just to get half the respect of her peers?

Kat Cosgrove, but ✨festive✨ (@Dixie3Flatline)Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:13 GMT

white dudes, sometimes you don’t need to chime in! you can be silent! it is an option just saying

Tracy Chou (@triketora)Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:52 GMT

This quote from @AriannaSimpson I just read in an old NYT article is my new life motto 🤡

Emily (@EmilyKager)Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:15 GMT

hi hello, if you are capable of understanding why “it works on my computer” is not good enough to ship, you are also capable of understanding why “I’ve never observed any discrimination” is not good enough to build a society on

jenny (phire) zhang (@phirephoenix)Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:37 GMT

the hardest problem in computer science is reply guys

Andy Bell (@piccalilli_)Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:07 GMT

📣 TONIGHT! 📣 Join us for this month's #TechNott from 6:30pm 🎉 We'll have the awesome @DevonCockram with her talk "Can I speak to the tech guy?". We'll also have a fun activity and prizes! 🎁 See you there! 🙌🏼 All the deets 👇🏼 nott.tech/tn-nov-2020

Tech Nottingham (@technottingham)Mon, 09 Nov 2020 08:22 GMT

Beautiful day walking in the Peak District with wonderful friends 🥰☀️

Emma Seward (@MrsEmma)Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:37 GMT

Could I politely request that men -- who are by society's rules allowed to look exactly like they do in bed -- think a bit before asking women, who are expected to have their hair and makeup done, to do video meetings and calls?

Holly Brockwell (@holly)Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:37 +0000

Stop using "he" as the pronoun for a generic programmer in your blog posts.

Ali Spittel 🐞 (@ASpittel)Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:46 +0000

If you're celebrating Hacktoberfest and looking for a friendly introduction to the festivities, come on over to the personalsit.es repo! We'd love to have your contribution, and I'm happy to walk anyone through the open-source flow 💛 github.com/xdesro/persona…

henry▘ (@xdesro)Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:00 +0000

Me: how's your new job going A fellow woman in tech: I hate it but they don't harass me so I'm gonna stick around How is the bar so goddamn low in this industry. It makes me really sad sometimes. 😭

Shubheksha ✨ (@ScribblingOn)Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:01 +0000

A former tech employee in a documentary about why social media is bad (social media is bad)

Rachel Wenitsky (@RachelWenitsky)Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:54 +0000

Please, teams of tech people who think you're really clever, please before you release a thing can you ask yourselves unbelievably basic questions like: - does this work for Black people? - would a domestic abuser find this handy? - can this be used by a government to oppress?

Dr Ellie (@ellie_made)Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:31 +0000

The public respect for Chris Evans’ privacy/feelings is wonderful. Wouldn’t it be nice if it extended to women when this kind of thing happens?

Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat)Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:36 +0000

We're giving away a Fathom cat hoodie. They are in super high demand and cannot be bought anywhere. And this will be the only time we do a retweet competition for a cat hoodie. RT to win. Good luck 😃

Fathom Analytics (@usefathom)Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:49 +0000

we have our speaker for Sept 10th join us online to talk code complexity with @RobDWaller #phpminds #nottingham #tech #phpc link to follow soon - if you already have our email please rsvp also we have free @jetbrains stuff & maybe a book giveaway cc @RebelRecruiters @wearejh

php[minds] (@PHPMinds)Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:38 +0000

Web developers: when you say, “this browser does not support our site,” what you REALLY mean is that you don’t support the browser. Don’t turn it around on the browser/user because you chose not to stick to universally-supported standards, or worse, are doing user agent sniffing.

Cassidy James Blaede 🏡 at home (@CassidyJames)Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:22 +0000

Are we in the Bad Place?

Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker. PREORDER. (@Luvvie)Sat, 29 Aug 2020 03:07 +0000

📢 Tickets on sale TODAY 12pm!!!! Our Negotiation Workshop with @SheWinsCo will provide you with valuable skills for your career and life 🎟️nott.tech/wit-negotiatio…

Women In Tech, Nottingham 🌈✨ (@WiT_Notts)Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:39 +0000

When I worked with @MrAndrew, this happened so much over email. He'd get reasonable, polite responses and I'd get unreasonable rude ones. When he sent newsletters with minor mistakes missed, no follow-ups. When I sent them, multiple men emailing me corrections. It's exhausting.

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So. A (male) publicist was trying to book a (male) colleague and I for podcast. We gave availability but didn't get confirmation. The publicist informed us with hours notice that we were on today. My (male) colleague and I both said we couldn't do it. Here are the two responses.

Heather Parry (@HeatherParryUK)Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:52 +0000

Emma Seward (@MrsEmma)Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:56 +0000

The fact that I didn’t even realise what she was doing till the end is just so terrifying. It’s really THAT easy😰

kenny (@kenabifer)Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:14 +0000

Inspiring! This Woman In Tech Printed All the Unsolicited Advice She's Got From People She's Smarter Than and Burned It All

Sy Brand (@TartanLlama)Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:13 +0000

"Approximately 250" of the best folks I've worked with are looking for work today. While it hurts to see friends lose their jobs, the growing fear of a web wholly controlled by big tech is more uncomfortable. The world needs Mozilla. *You* need Mozilla. Use it or lose it.

Mark Goodwin (@mr_goodwin)Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:50 +0000

one of the hardest problems in computer science is eradicating the elitist gatekeeping attitudes

✨ Luna 🌙 (@lunasorcery)Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:35 +0000

james (@heybuddy_comic)Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:00 +0000

Your "burn out" may actually be depression. It was for me. I'm guessing it wasn't just me. 👇Thread/

Adam Grenier (@AKGrenier)Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:08 +0000

Hello, is this thing on? 👋 We wanted to let you know that #Hacktoberfest2020 is coming up! 💙 Grab a sneak peek of what’s to come on our site: hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com 🔗

Hacktoberfest (@hacktoberfest)Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:44 +0000

Welcome to the world of tampons and sanitary towels.

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I don’t know about anyone else but I’ve already spent a small fortune on masks, admittedly as a result of losing them or forgetting them at home. It’s fine for me, I can afford to buy more on the road. For those on low incomes, though, this could quickly become a problem.

Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall)Sat, 18 Jul 2020 12:38 +0000

Cat Headley (@Cat_Headley)Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:18 +0000

A nice thing about working on the same project for many years is you’re forced to deal with the consequences of bad decisions you made long ago. Really sharpens your instinct for spotting technical debt before it starts accruing.

Andrew Clark (@acdlite)Thu, 16 Jul 2020 05:48 +0000