Daisy LeighFeb 25, 2023

If you want to help trans people, and you work in tech: think about how your product handles names and genders. Can users change them? Is it a self-service? Do traces of the old name remain?

Then, fix it. Push back against resistance. Advocate for us.

It won't fix bigotry, or healthcare access, or w/e. But updating our details is a process full of hurdles that we have to go through at a really vulnerable point in our lives, and you can make a small improvement for a large number of us.

Show threadEVHasteFeb 26, 2023

@daisy I once pushed for an architecture change in a retirement savings app a client was working on, which would inadvertently have deadnamed customers with no recourse for changing them. The client was actually excited to learn about it and the end result was a better experience for everyone.

I later told that story in a FAANG interview, was told it was a waste of time, and had my offer downleveled for my foolishness. šŸ™ƒ

Show threadLisPiFeb 27, 2023
@Haste @daisy Did you take that as the red flag it was?
Show threadEVHaste

@lispi314 @daisy Yeah, I turned the role down.

I ended up getting laid off in December so Iā€™m kicking myself a little now, but it was still objectively the right choice.

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