So these Boeing whistleblowers dying brings back the harsh reminder of the realities of whistleblowing.
My husband was just about to wrap up his PhD — a novel method for imaging that would have applications like detecting arthritis early enough…to reverse it. 🧵
A company spent nearly four months recruiting me for exactly the thing I do, have a copyright for, and met 100% of the job requirements. I’ve legitimately never felt so confident going into conversations like these.
Yesterday the recruiter told me they decided to go with a man who had more management experience.
I’m utterly and completely devastated. I don’t know how to recover from this. This industry might have finally broken me.
I always want to start conversations about WCAG/guidance changes that I would like to see in the A11y Slack, but I feel like most folks want to talk about compliance instead.
For example: I want a link element to respond to the same keyboard keys as a button element does.
Another example: I think if you have alt="" and role="none" it is an acceptable demonstration of author intent and should not fail validators.
So, story time: a long time ago in tech years, I got hired to work at LinkedIn. Specifically, my job was to improve accessibility in Ember, the framework used at the company.
There was a ton of work involved and people mostly didn’t understand what I did or who I was, but that was fine bc legit I was able to lead and strategize and we made progress. 🧵
I know I look great in a lovely lip color but oh my god if anyone comments on it I just want to collapse in a hole and never wear lipstick again, obvs I have some trauma but I have no idea what a “normal” response is. Anyone??
I was about to complain about a Sue AND a Susan in the same show until I realized how many Chris, Eric and Steve’s I have to differentiate on a regular basis. 🤷♀️
The thing about your career being your identity is that when you’re rejected for THE THING YOU DO it feels very personal. Honestly, and painfully so, I don’t know how to get past it.
