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"Is paying attention and acting on microaggressions and unconscious biases" I understood this as aggresion and bias with regards to work-related technical disc
by jorangreef 6y ago
"Is paying attention and acting on microaggressions and unconscious biases"
I understood this as aggresion and bias with regards to work-related technical discussions, for example ignoring or talking over people in a video call who suggest taking a deeper code dive when debugging, or saying "no, I disagree, you are wrong" on a technical point without saying why or making any effort, or starting a call by dropping f-bombs, or shouting "but the code is the documentation!!" when someone politely suggests that issue comments by a library author are also worth paying attention to when trying to understand the meaning of a rabbit's hole of code call chains... especially where these people are from different teams or companies with different incentives.
These are just recent examples of aggression and bias in a technical context that I have personally witnessed.
- BurningFrog 6y agoI agree that fighting the jerk behavior you describe is essential for a healthy team. It might even be part of what the writer means. But by using leftist sectarian language they send a strong signal that people like me are not welcome to work in their team.