
@ekp I just recently ended my twenty-plus year career in software development. I am trans, nonbinary (although I prefer the term "gender expansive" for reasons I'm happy to get into), autistic, invisibly disabled, Sapphic, and non-monogamous (another terminology rant I'd happily give).
My career included over a decade in leadership and management positions; at one point I was the head of engineering for a company with about 400 employees, directly overseeing a staff of about 30 programmers. I came out as trans just over 3 years ago.
I have spoken and written about why I left the tech sector openly, and would be glad to pass along those writings. There is much to explore in that story.
Lastly I'll echo the requests of others for a good way to get in touch outside the Fediverse; I know some people who may be very interested in talking to you as well.
I’d be happy to help y’all out, but I’d like to do a bit of homework on your org first to make sure you’re legit. Is it this project include?
Howdy Ellen, that helped a lot. Thanks for giving me some time to look into it and also to check with my network. My girlfriend made fun of me for not knowing you by name, lol. (We’re both in tech)
Anyway, if you’re still looking for participants I’d be happy to lend a hand. I’m out of the office til the New Year so my schedules pretty open til then.
Take care!