There are three shifts of work in the technology industry, when you're in it like I am. The first shift is your day-to-day work.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
And you've probably heard of second-shift work: the emotional labor that it takes to run meetups and women-in-tech groups and speaking, etc.
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But we rarely talk about the third shift... protecting yourself against the endless waves of harassment, the stalkers, the nazis, the doxers
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Handling the death threats, building trusting relationships with people who can put you up in a storm and not mention it.
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This is the dark, dirty work many of us have been doing for years. And you wonder why we're so tired.
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Tech put these assholes in the White House. Tech did that. This is our community, this is who we walk amongst.
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And we fought so goddamn hard. And we lost so badly just when we were on the verge of victory.
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