You always want to say "I knew that guy was an ass" (true), but so many tools in tech you can't pick 'em out until female friends go "uhhhh"https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/880960409062297600 …
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I don't give talks on the way we've started to approach web standards on Chrome, but suffice to say a lot of it is about minimizing harm.
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Large parts of tech are so caustic (particularly OSS & standards fora where there's no HR dept) that we aim for inclusivity; a low bar.
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Imagine you're confronted with a tallented engineer who wants to propose a new feature in a large existing spec at Ossiffied Consortia...
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In the name of openness (which != inclusion, nevermind diversity), OC runs everything by open mailing list...you can fill in the rest.
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So these days we focus on breaking up the intellectual cartels, replacing early-stage functions with smaller fora that are easier to close.
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...and ensuring they have CoCs, escalation paths, etc.
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Not perfect, still problematic, but trending to manageability. Lesson? HR ain't perfect, but no HR function is the danger zone.
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Related: if a standards fora is so important you can't shut it down, you shouldn't do important work there; recipe for abuse.
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It's still quite hostile. Most of the time I post I regret it or give up responding.
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