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Post #2458294

2026-05-12 14:59 UTC

It's often uneasy for me to share my experiences as a woman in tech, but this job market has me worried for everyone stuck somewhere harmful. I admire everyone who takes on "women in tech" speaking gigs but I am also angry for them and us. https://ohhelloana.blog/woman-in-tech/

Replies (15)

  • @awfulwoman@indieweb.social 2026-05-12 17:35

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social you’re a strong lovely for sharing this❤️

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  • @erikvorhes@typo.social 2026-05-12 17:59

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social — thank you for writing this!

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  • @zool@icosahedron.website 2026-05-12 18:34

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social potent essay. I've been pondering what kind of collective structures, communications, care need to be in place that could prevent that kind of retaliation. Is it possible for a sizeable workplace culture to have built-in resistance to the ways that control hierarchies are too easily abused? Is it even possible to advance that argument from a place of marginalisation and doubt?

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  • @tylersticka@social.lol 2026-05-12 19:10

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social Ana, thank you for sharing this 💜

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  • @anarodrigues@front-end.social Thanks!

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  • @starshaped@labyrinth.social 2026-05-12 22:24

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social Thank you for writing this. 💜

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  • @anarodrigues@front-end.social I'm so sorry Ana. Thank you for sharing this with us. 💜

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  • @anarodrigues@front-end.social Being a woman in tech, let's say 'has it's challenges'..... Pretty sure I didn't get jobs. Had a conflict about pay. Have had lots of 'discussions'.....

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  • @anarodrigues@front-end.social Also, it's pretty sure that in the past layoffs targeted women (a) statistically significantly more often and (b) with bigger strength of effect (i.e., laid off a larger % of women). https://www.someweekendreading.blog/2022-tech-layoffs-bias/

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  • @heydon@front-end.social 2026-05-13 06:08

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social What a heart-rending post. I thought I knew what it was like out there, but this really made me pause. Thank you for putting it to words, and with such care.

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  • @anarodrigues@front-end.social thank you for this horribly relatable post. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences in such detail ❤️

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  • @michelle@front-end.social 2026-05-13 12:00

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social Thank you for sharing your highly relatable experience, Ana 💔

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  • @syntaxseed@phpc.social 2026-05-13 12:28

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social The number of generally nice guys who think sexism in the workplace is a solved problem & doesn't happen outside of rare criminal cases is staggering. They are so blind to the behaviour of their peers. Willfully blind or otherwise it's pretty depressing how bad men are at policing each other, and we the victims are left to sound the alarm over & over again to an increasingly disbelieving male population. 😫

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  • @enarocks@mastodon.social 2026-05-13 12:57

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social I appreciated your post! AI gave me the gift of being interrupted for a new reason in a meeting this week! my manager interrupted me to tell my coworker to "just ask Claude" so we all just sat in silence while he read the wrong explanation despite me knowing the right answer 🙃🙃

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  • @lornajane@indieweb.social 2026-05-13 15:24

    @anarodrigues@front-end.social thank you for this VERY good article. I relate to so much of it, and I don't have any advice but I wanted to say that I'm glad you're here, in tech.

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