> The fact, for example, she dismisses PRs or code reviews because made by
> white males. Or the blog post on her first deliverable, rewritten by a
> white male.
I really feel like you are injecting your
own issues into this. For example,
here is an excerpt that you're referring to:
> However, it soon became apparent that this promising start would not last
> for long. For my first few pull requests, I was getting feedback from
> literally dozens of engineers (all of whom were male) on other teams,
> nitpicking the code I had written. One PR actually had over 200 comments
> from 24 different individuals.
First off, nowhere does she reference the race of the engineers that were
commenting on the PRs. The fact that you jump into this talking about
white
males this and
white males that, seems like you are bringing your own
baggage with you into this discussion.
Secondly, it seems more like her issue was that she felt like she was getting
dogpiled on via the PR. I've never worked anywhere that I felt the need to
start critiquing the code of people from other teams who were working on
systems that I might not even have experience with. It especially seems not
very inclusive to make a new hire feel like she is immediately on the
defensive. 200 comments seems excessive. (Granted we can't see the content so
it may not have been all unjustified, but still).
Here is the other excerpt that you reference:
> The post was submitted for editorial review. It was decided that the tone
> of what I had written was too personal and didn't reflect the voice of the
> company. The reviewer insisted that any mention of the abuse vector that
> this feature was closing be removed. In the midst of my discussions with
> the editorial team, trying to reach a compromise, a (male) engineer from
> another team completely rewrote the blog post and published it without
> talking to me.
Again, there is a lack of reference to whether or not the male is
white or
not. We can
assume that he is probably white, but there isn't even a hint as
to his actual race.
Also, like the previous excerpt the gender of the person is referenced to drive
home the whole 'inclusiveness' angle. The real issue here isn't that the
offender is male, but that he apparently went around her while her content was
tied up in editorial review. That seems like a total dick move, IMHO.
To be fair, it's possible that to also blame the managerial systems in place
for allowing this too. How was this person able to publish the blog post while
a "competing" version of the post was held up in editorial review (though
presumably not fully rejected)? Was this a mistake due to poor communication?