One of the biggest annoyances in tech is that it’s an old boy’s club.
I mean, that’s one of the bigger annoyances in life in general, but it seems like tech should be past that by now.
Wow. My gut reaction to reading the headline was “no, because who would sacrifice their career for a lawsuit? Any lawsuit big enough to cause a ripple effect at a minimum means the plaintiff takes a serious fall.”
Sounds like this woman is ready to take a fall. And, admitting up front to a workplace relationship exposes exactly the muddy waters that are so difficult to tread…..
That said, I’ll be interested to see what the outcome of the “excluded from meetings” part is specifically, because I think some of the most damaging ways women are excluded aren’t conscious, intentional, and therefore aren’t actionable - when you’re dealing with such a deep boys club that people don’t think of you as “part of the team”
When you believe inside your head that you’re kind of a badass.
(and when there are always 1am hotdog carts waiting for you.)
If you ever need explanations about why I turned out like I did, I thought these guys were the peak of cool when I was 16. (Taken with instagram)
And I feel good about myself for the first time in months. (It also felt like this weekend was the first weekend of real, truthful, honest summer.)
Am I as sensitive to what is going on around me as I was last week? No. Am I occasionally missing social cues again? Yes. Am I drinking more? Yes, in just four days, I am drinking more. But it may just be because I’m being more social. (Hello today’s random boat ride…)
Do I care about any of this? Not really. I’m wearing a dress and I’m going to go see some awesome bands tonight and that’s all that matters. Which, I think is FINE tonight.
