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Spend a few minutes scrolling through her Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1307109690917224449 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/13071096909

by tha0x5 6y ago

Spend a few minutes scrolling through her Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1307109690917224449 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1307109690917224449 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1306403761603051521 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1306403761603051521 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1306280514035179521 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1306280514035179521 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1303264312354512896 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1303264312354512896 And on, and on, and on. She tweets so much it's kind of sad. Practically none of her tweets have anything to do with actual engineering. It's all identity politics and other leftist nonsense.

pm90 6y ago
I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. If you think its "leftist nonsense", then that's just your opinion. She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet?
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- tha0x5 6y ago
  >I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that nonsense is absolutely unprofessional, and ahistorical. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a religion is accepted in no professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. And those tweets were just from September...
- tha0x6 6y ago
  >I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that racist, ahistorical nonsense is absolutely unprofessional. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a race/religion is not acceptable in any professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way [unprofessional] to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, professional web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. It could be illegal and/or open a company to lawsuits since it's specifically targeting protected classes. And those tweets listed above are just from September... EDIT: Why is this being immediately flagged and dead-ed? What in this comment is triggering this?
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- throwaway110023 6y ago
  To put it in perspective, the content of one of her tweets is so unprofessional, that copying and pasting it here on HN is causing the comment to be auto-flagged and killed. Thats how unprofessional it is.
mattparcens 6y ago
Or this https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1311446005989089280?s=20 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1311446005989089280?s=20 yeah yeah I know it's "against" racism, but as a while male, I would expect a low likelihood of getting a fair shake from a Director of Engineering steeped in this sort of material if I had to work for them.
tha0x9 6y ago
This is a reply for pm90. My posts keep getting auto-killed. >I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that racist, ahistorical nonsense is absolutely unprofessional. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a race/religion is not acceptable in any professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way [unprofessional] to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, professional web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. It could be illegal and/or open a company to lawsuits since it's specifically targeting protected classes. And those tweets listed above are just from September...
human_person 6y ago
Why would tweets (from her personal account) need to be about engineering?
- tha0xa 6y ago
  It's not strictly her personal account when it's posted on LinkedIn, her professional website, before and after her professional talks, etc. Besides that fact, none of her talks, papers, blog posts, etc., practically none of them are about engineering. And ON TOP of all that, the OP was asking for examples of things she's said or done that were unprofessional. Her Twitter account being personal or not is immaterial to the fact that she's posted and retweeted ridiculously unprofessional things. QED.
- throwaway24555 6y ago
  If you want to flag or downvote this, please comment on why you feel this does not conform to the HackerNews rules. It's not strictly her personal account since it's tied to her LinkedIn, her professional website, posted before/after she gives professional talks at conferences, etc. None of her talks, papers, blog posts, etc., practically none of them are about engineering. The OP was asking for examples on things she's posted or said that were unprofessional. Her Twitter account being personal or not is immaterial to the fact that she's constantly posting and retweeting unprofessional things that have no room in a professional setting.
throwaway24555 6y ago
All of the responses to human_person and pm90 are being flagged and killed. Anyone care to explain what's going on?
throwaway234555 6y ago
Replies to human_person and pm90 are actively being censored. Check the dead comments.

by tha0x5 6y ago

pm90 6y ago

I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. If you think its "leftist nonsense", then that's just your opinion. She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet?

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tha0x5 6y ago
>I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that nonsense is absolutely unprofessional, and ahistorical. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a religion is accepted in no professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. And those tweets were just from September...
tha0x6 6y ago
>I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that racist, ahistorical nonsense is absolutely unprofessional. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a race/religion is not acceptable in any professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way [unprofessional] to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, professional web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. It could be illegal and/or open a company to lawsuits since it's specifically targeting protected classes. And those tweets listed above are just from September... EDIT: Why is this being immediately flagged and dead-ed? What in this comment is triggering this?
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throwaway110023 6y ago
To put it in perspective, the content of one of her tweets is so unprofessional, that copying and pasting it here on HN is causing the comment to be auto-flagged and killed. Thats how unprofessional it is.

mattparcens 6y ago

Or this https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1311446005989089280?s=20 https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1311446005989089280?s=20 yeah yeah I know it's "against" racism, but as a while male, I would expect a low likelihood of getting a fair shake from a Director of Engineering steeped in this sort of material if I had to work for them.

tha0x9 6y ago

This is a reply for pm90. My posts keep getting auto-killed. >I didn't find any of those tweets unprofessional. "There was a lot of work done to brainwash African people to believe that the white man had the monopoly on truth & that he was favored by God. We need to understand the way Christianity has been used to dominate African people, land and resources." Spouting that racist, ahistorical nonsense is absolutely unprofessional. >I found them to be a genuinely interesting perspective on social issues that I am interested in. That speaks more about you than anything. >I am not sure how that's unprofessional of her. I just highlighted how. Making crazy claims about a race/religion is not acceptable in any professional environment I've ever been in, and I've worked in SV for a long time. >She is entitled to tweet whatever she wants to from her personal twitter account. No one said otherwise, you're strawman-ing really hard now. You specifically asked for things that "she [said] that made her come off that way [unprofessional] to you?" I provided examples. The fact that they came from her personal Twitter account is immaterial. She links her Twitter account on her LinkedIn, professional web page, etc., so, it's not specifically a personal account. >Do you think its reasonable for her to follow your idea of how a Director of Engineering should tweet? It's not my idea, it's generally accepted that spouting racist, anti-Christian rhetoric on Twitter is unbecoming of any leader. It could be illegal and/or open a company to lawsuits since it's specifically targeting protected classes. And those tweets listed above are just from September...

human_person 6y ago

Why would tweets (from her personal account) need to be about engineering?

tha0xa 6y ago
It's not strictly her personal account when it's posted on LinkedIn, her professional website, before and after her professional talks, etc. Besides that fact, none of her talks, papers, blog posts, etc., practically none of them are about engineering. And ON TOP of all that, the OP was asking for examples of things she's said or done that were unprofessional. Her Twitter account being personal or not is immaterial to the fact that she's posted and retweeted ridiculously unprofessional things. QED.
throwaway24555 6y ago
If you want to flag or downvote this, please comment on why you feel this does not conform to the HackerNews rules. It's not strictly her personal account since it's tied to her LinkedIn, her professional website, posted before/after she gives professional talks at conferences, etc. None of her talks, papers, blog posts, etc., practically none of them are about engineering. The OP was asking for examples on things she's posted or said that were unprofessional. Her Twitter account being personal or not is immaterial to the fact that she's constantly posting and retweeting unprofessional things that have no room in a professional setting.

throwaway24555 6y ago

All of the responses to human_person and pm90 are being flagged and killed. Anyone care to explain what's going on?

throwaway234555 6y ago

Replies to human_person and pm90 are actively being censored. Check the dead comments.