snipeyhead

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Mass Mosaic aims to make everything on-demand(massmosaic.com)
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
And frankly, the entire point of that blog post was that "giving women in tech a voice" shouldn't always mean having them talk about women in tech, but it should also be about actual tech . The meta conversation is useful,
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
Try "or something". Re-read the piece. I never called them dum-dum, I said I was disappointed that they assumed that because I am female, that's a topic I would want to talk about. If you were going to bring in a keynote spea
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
I had thought about it, trust me (in very much the way you're describing, funnily enough) :) But ultimately, it's their conference, and they do have the right and the responsibility to schedule the sessions they feel will be most
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
Precisely. I'm an expert on being this particular woman in tech - which is a far cry from knowing what it's like to be other women in tech. Our stories are widely varied, and my experiences are not an accurate reflection of many
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
Yeah, I wasn't offended. I was disappointed.
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
>> people who really care about promoting women in tech >> should just hire her to talk on whatever she normally talks about at tech conferences. In some sense, hiring women to only talk about "women in tech" is keepi
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
You're absolutely right, vor_. That's precisely what I was reacting to.
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
Right??
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
I am not an expert on diversity. If I was an expert on women in tech, or diversity in general (although I care deeply about it and would have been willing to put together something great for that), it wouldn't have been weird for them
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
The problem is, women in tech isn't a topic I speak on, so by your logic, they should never have reached out to me in the first place.
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
I don't believe they were arrogant chauvinist pigs. I believe that they wanted to make sure this important issue was covered in their conference, which is their right and not a bad thing, overall. I did find it weird that my offer for
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
I didn't actually know what the previous speaker was scheduled to speak on. I never thought to ask. I recently spoke in Paris as a pinch-hitter for someone who couldn't make it last minute, and they asked me what I could speak abo
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by snipeyhead 12y ago
I am the author of that post - and yes, you nailed it. :)