I am a Canadian-Chilean designer/illustrator, lecturer, and computer technician who has lived and worked in three different countries on three different continents (in two point five languages!)
Dedicated to supporting and promoting the betterment of humanity; traditionally have done so through volunteerism/political action, lending my creative and communication problem solving skills to advocacy, and now as a member of the Effective Altruism community!
(I also knows a concerning amount of weird facts about pop culture, music, and bizarre history, making me an ideal pub quiz teammate!)
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!