Thank you so much Lucretia for sharing your experience; as a woman who has worked in Tech for a decade or so, this has put into words a lot of what I peripherally experienced but didn’t quite have a way of expressing to folks outside of the space. (It’s definitely made it hard to explain sometimes to friends who work in other industries, or even well-meaning male friends and colleagues, how these intangible dynamics directly affect how much you feel you need to “put up” with just to be able to do what you love).
I particularly admire the way you’ve analyzed your experience and created this as a resource for helping others navigate the space, recognize patterns of problematic behaviour, and try to bring the community together to generate ideas on how to address it, rather than discouraging women from entering AI/EA as a whole. I’ve bookmarked this post, and am deeply curious to see where your proposed ideas go!
Thank you so much Lucretia for sharing your experience; as a woman who has worked in Tech for a decade or so, this has put into words a lot of what I peripherally experienced but didn’t quite have a way of expressing to folks outside of the space. (It’s definitely made it hard to explain sometimes to friends who work in other industries, or even well-meaning male friends and colleagues, how these intangible dynamics directly affect how much you feel you need to “put up” with just to be able to do what you love).
I particularly admire the way you’ve analyzed your experience and created this as a resource for helping others navigate the space, recognize patterns of problematic behaviour, and try to bring the community together to generate ideas on how to address it, rather than discouraging women from entering AI/EA as a whole. I’ve bookmarked this post, and am deeply curious to see where your proposed ideas go!