Comments on: impact matters more than intent /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:46:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 By: Progress Doesn't Always Feel Good - The Art of Ass-Kicking /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/#comment-6312 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:46:44 +0000 /?p=6288#comment-6312 […] over large populations that have not been proven to impact engineering performance. This is a dangerous generalization to have circulate across Google’s 72,000 employees and then have leak into the tech media — […]

]]> By: Barbara Edwards /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/#comment-6239 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:23:11 +0000 /?p=6288#comment-6239 So true . Worked with a brilliant engineer who thought his clients were stupid. Of course no one was going to share with him the complex details of their requirements. He did not create a supportive, collaborative work environments.

]]> By: Biology isn't why tech is a boys' club | 7NewsPlus /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/#comment-6238 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:30:19 +0000 /?p=6288#comment-6238 […] who publicly commented on the memo on her blog, said it illustrated conscious […]

]]> By: Ricky Grove /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/#comment-6237 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:14:42 +0000 /?p=6288#comment-6237 Thank you for helping me understand this complex idea of diversity. Testing for communication skills and a willingness to work with different kinds of people is a great idea.

]]> By: Dru L /2017/08/impact-matters-more-than-intent/#comment-6235 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:25:27 +0000 /?p=6288#comment-6235 How about the hazing – male sales reps are hazed at one very large networking company – hookers, orgies, cocaine – try being a woman placed across the hall at the Westin while every guymgr you thought highly of entered the “stag suite”.

You ignore or your mgr divy’s the options to his “boys”; you complain you get a territory and no engineer despite being hired in as a director w 11 reports: your bonus’ becomes tied to your “local” territory east beejeezus and when your team blows out your goal the CEO you walked in on in a bathroom stall decides to try to deny your five digit bonus …they call it taking away resources until you choke.

That is why you don’t find many women over 50 in tech sales – some have ptsd, others burned out. They became realtors, brokers, eBay sellers, yoga instructors and attorneys …women ARE different; they will leave a boys club and reinvent themselves.

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