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Aug 27Liked by Ronke Babajide

🙋🏽‍♀️ 25 years in tech too. This resonates so much. The only thing I cling to is that progress is never linear and the things I was subjected to early in my career will never happen again (it seems so surreal to think of how I was treated and just accepted it!)

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True, I also think that some things that happened back in the day wouldn't fly today DEI or not. Thankfully society as a whole has moved on and changed. #metoo had a a big impact even if we're not at the end of the road

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Oh yeah. The p@rn one guy used to play in an attempt to put me off my game when I was making cold calls (I was in sales) and making provocative faces at me and the rest of “the boys” thought it was hilarious. My god.

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Aug 26Liked by Ronke Babajide

Can I DM you? I have some info to share if you don't already have it and I can't give it to you here.

Because men.

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Please do

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Leah, absolutely.

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Really enjoyed this. I don’t think enough people realized how the ball was dropped on DEI during the pandemic and in Elon’s, case scapegoated 🤦🏻‍♀️

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It's becoming really obvious now. I hope it doesn't get too bad before the pendulum swings back in the other direction

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💯

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Female software engineer who finally had enough last year. As in, I am too traumatized to even make it through an interview. I cried during one when two women asked me to not mention the abuse I'd faced over and over in my career to the men who were about to interview me next. Didn't have any other way to explain bouncing around to so many jobs. Yes, I understand it's a game but I'm not up to the task anymore. I just can't be anything but real about it.

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I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you find something better to do with your live. The field doesn't seem to be improving unfortunately and a lot of women prefer to leave for their sanity. 🤗

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Sep 4Liked by Ronke Babajide

Regressing as a society.

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Palo Alto… what in the actual f$ck. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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So disappointing.

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Aug 26Liked by Ronke Babajide

It's hardly novel

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