carriemelissa

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by carriemelissa 12y ago
Fascinating question. I think unfortunately this is the way of things, don't you? People are afraid to be vulnerable offline; they always have. The anonymity of online connection makes people's walls come down and allows them to b
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by carriemelissa 12y ago
Author here. I agree-- I felt weird about the picture myself and debated for a long time. I'm going to restore the original picture I had in there, as I don't want this one to distract from Glen's story.
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by carriemelissa 12y ago
Hey there, I'm the author. I agree with you. These terms need to be clarified. We decided to use volunteers in the intro to introduce the idea of what 7 Cups is doing. While the members do technically "volunteer" their time,
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
Definitely didn't intend for it to come off that way, sorry about that. What I meant was that he doesn't seem to see how hard women have to work to be taken seriously. I've never heard a woman say working in tech is relaxed a
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
The article was also about "Lean in culture". I'm sorry, but that's different from the book. The book has spurned something completely ridiculous. It's the reason why, when I wanted to take a break from work for a w
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
BAM! Yes!
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
You sound like a dude to me. Women can't half-ass their way through tech jobs like that. I don't know a single woman who does.
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
Do you know who the author is? And, also, what is your definition of "success"?
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
"So the only way women are going to be able to re-shape the system in a way that works better for women is to put up with the obnoxious bullshit politics for a while." - I'm sorry... WHAT? No. That's the whole point of t
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
I heard it referred to as a "debate". When I got there, people were asking me left and right about what I thought was different, so it seems like the comparison is already being made.
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
Ha, I thought it was kind of funny and I wrote the darn thing. For the record, I did hear someone refer to it as "the ongoing New York/SF debate". This isn't something I just invented. I had personally never thought ther
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by carriemelissa 13y ago
Hi Mike, I'm the writer. I totally agree-- one week is not enough time to make sweeping generalizations. Though I did spend a ton of time talking to everyone I met in tech about what they thought of the "scene" and our differ