When did you decide you wanted to work in the Web Industry, which field(s) and why? Me: 1993, global, diverse communication wiith human beings that was accessible from my sickbed, to unite and mend the divided, broken world. Now you!
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1995 — when I realized I could code & design at the same time. Which was radical. I loved coding, but had dropped out already due to sexism, + my desire to design. By ‘95, I was designing for theater and print… when I saw the web & HTML… self-publish to the world!? I was in. 😍
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Replying to @jensimmons
It hurts to read you dropped out due to prejudice. How about now? Do you feel more welcome now? There's a lot of news recently about the "Great Resignation" "Tech Exodus" related to company culture. Interesting at a time as inclusion and diversity are hot social topics.

Aug 15, 2021 · 1:54 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
Oh the social science research shows sexism in tech is far worse now than it was when I was learning Turbo Pascal. I’ve just learned to battle it, say effu, and stay until this career anyway. But it has cost me dearly. In opportunity, in stress levels, and in very real dollars.
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