#7 “It seems that following process is more important than women feeling safe, and the success of his product is more important than the culture he creates in his team.”

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“It is widely known that one particular manager creeps on the women on his team; "watch out for X" is advice for new female devs. He has a reputation of acting inappropriately outside work, some of his male senior leaders follow his lead, and there are credible accusations of much worse behavior, some of which have gone to HR. He seems untouchable. It seems that following process is more important than women feeling safe, and the success of his product is more important than the culture he creates in his team.”

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#8 “A male friend IMs me ‘is it bad that I want to tweet sexist things with the GHC hashtag?’”

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#6 “The biased norms of our industry outright punish women who try to act with the directness and self-assuredness that I am ‘expected’ to display.”