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cassiemc

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About cassiemc

www.cassiemcdaniel.com

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    Comment #9485828

    Those are best understood as two separate statements. Re. remote, we'd prefer to hire in the cities mentioned as those are where our current team members are located, though will d…

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    Comment #9474791

    UX/UI Designer at Mozilla Foundation, Remote for the right candidate or in Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Portland and NYC; note we can only hire for this position in the US, C…

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    Comment #4849642

    Likin' the design, nice palette!

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    Comment #4144795

    Yes, we mean to be as inclusive as possible.

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    Comment #4144777

    If you go back now you'll see we've changed the copy.

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    Comment #4144752

    Thank you! The web design is by Mark Staplehurst (who shared the build with Brett Bergmann). The logotype is Blanche by Atipus via LostType.com and headlines are in Arvo by Anton K…

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    Comment #4144733

    Thankfully there will be men talking about women in tech too, since some of our interviewers are male. :)

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    Comment #4144706

    Appreciate the offer, thanks. Be sure to keep in touch with us and we'll put a call out if this becomes a part of our plans.

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    Comment #4144699

    All good ideas! We hope our final presentation doesn't disappoint, because we think we have some pretty good ideas ourselves. =) Highlighting women in other cities as guest posts i…

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    Comment #4143017

    Don't have one yet but you could follow us on Twitter and we'll let you know when we do. @womenandtech

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    Comment #4142585

    Hah! Indeed it does sound funny in retrospect. We knew we'd be dealing with busy women, and that's all we meant to imply, so thank you for giving us the benefit of the doubt. But y…

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    Comment #4142424

    We're trying to nail down some of the issues ourselves. The issues our team has discussed so far are often amorphous or interpreted differently depending on context and person, so …

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    Comment #4142333

    Yes this is something we talk about a lot and is one of the main issues we hope to help address.

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    Comment #4142329

    Yes there are clearly awesome women all over the world doing amazing things in Tech. But since we are a small team we needed a reasonable focus area. We definitely encourage you to…

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    Comment #4142321

    Definitely. Good word recommendations, thanks!

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    Comment #4142292

    Thanks! We think you're right and we're already looking at changing that bit.

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    Comment #4142228

    Fair point and we agree – it was more that we wanted to focus on the positive, not the negative. It's an iterative project though (including the copy) and this is our first go so w…

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    Comment #4142212

    Thanks Heather! We love Toronto too! We're mutually inspired by everything that comes out of the place.