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I legit hate this industry. It’s what I do and what I’m good at, but I feel out of place as fuck tbh.

Tech Twitter is not irl tech. You’re more normal than the insufferable Twitter tech archetype. Don’t let this fucking bubble get you down. You do you, dawg.

Yeah that’s true but it’s the same deal at a lot of workplaces and conferences too. This strange ass culture that I just don’t align with well.

One thing that’s worth noting re: conferences is that I do tend to get along with the other speakers. It’s rare for me to catch shit from anyone that produces anything of value.

wtf is up with conference culture. It’s fine if some people don’t drink, but any conference event or afterparty that has drinks is immediately branded this abject project in toxic masculinity. Am I the only one who sees conferences as a get-away / chance to chill and have fun?!

What conference have you been to where someone has classified serving drinks as toxic masculinity? It’s only problematic when the venue bans people under 21 and doesn’t serve non-alcoholic drinks.

I’ve been to very few conferences (really just Fluent) which was awesome from top to bottom. They close down San Pedro market just for us, with free food, beer and wine. I’m talking about the endless complaints on Twitter. It’s like doing shit like this is somehow a bad thing.

I think complaints are mostly about meetups where there is beer but no water. That kind of thing. Or where everyone goes to a pub as the only after party option.