Cat Hicks

You know what the most likely next career step in tech is for a woman my age?

Leaving.

It just really sits with me. When my friends leave. Which a lot of them have this year. Learning scientists like me study pathways. All opportunity is preconditioned by access. Trajectory comparisons are not full comparisons unless they include leaving.

When we fixate on "getting in" and not fixing what's within, this happens. But every day, the future changes. I'm here for that.

Jun 15, 2023 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadKimJun 15, 2023
@grimalkina I realized at one point that I was meeting more women "ahead of" me in software engineering at yarncraft conventions than in software contexts. They weren't in the software contexts anymore, because so many of them had left.
Show threadRMJun 15, 2023
@fidgetyhands @grimalkina :(
Show threadAndromeda YeltonJun 15, 2023
@fidgetyhands @grimalkina Ow.
Show threadRMJun 15, 2023
@grimalkina :(
Show threadVesna ManojlovićJun 15, 2023
@grimalkina >When we fixate on "getting in" and not fixing what's within< is like bringing more canaries into the coal mine…
Show threadThe Animal and the MachineJun 16, 2023

@grimalkina nailing it.

@aleen

Show threadCandy Apples Annie 🎄Jun 16, 2023

@grimalkina yes! I’ve thought this for at least the last five years: we’re too focused on the “pipeline problem” and not the “tailpipe problem”

@aworkinglibrary

Show threadKlaus FrankMar 9

@grimalkina

You're probably right. Have been thinking about the same thing for a while.

But what else would I be sufficiently good at?

Kinda feels like being trapped...