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Story time!A valid question from a Google engineer lead to this video.At all night hackathons, folk get tired. Because that's how humans work.When I've judged hackathons at Claremont, they run

Brands"Defense against fragility" is the learnable skill to be able to take feedback from legitimately frustrated marginalized groups.It's an essential skill for us all to learn. With privilege, we have

I'm struggling to understand how people: 1) Just witnessed how public opinion around the term "Black Lives Matter" changed drastically as folk became more educated about what it means.2) Slide

It's easier for white folk to interrupt Black folk. It's easier for men to interrupt women. Most people aren't as good at standing up for their airtime as Kamala Harris

Let's suppose, hypothetically, that you work at a really large, really fast growing tech company that, um, sells things.Your company doubles in size every 3 years, but Eng team sizes

100X this!An elevator pitch is only possible when it's just an aggregation of references to huge systems of previously held beliefs.If pitching something where 1 of the referenced systems doesn't

[cw: crime]Reminder: there's no such thing as a "high crime neighborhood." The whole concept is entirely made up based on our notion of what we consider a crime.You may be

Hiring managers and job seekers, almost every piece of follow up info on that "short stints considered harmful," thread is wrong. From the ageism to the bias against career switchers.

Hey underrepresented folks in technical roles! Performance review season is upon us. I want to take a few moments to remind you about some practical tips that can help you

This is why I'm so obsessed with HBCUs and drop-out rates.Years ago I tried to give an HR SVP grief for not hiring more Black CS PhDs.They shared that there

There are very few civil rights issues currently being discussed that are more impactful for Black folk than this. Voting Rights, yes. Defunding police, yes. But then this.$3B+ a year

Read this! Exclamation marks make messages seem more friendly! Use lots of them! Also, emojis! When women write at work, they often use more exclamation marks and snuggly writing! Is