Lead Software Engineer at DEV/Forem. Passionate about building communities, learning/sharing & software engineering. Always looking to make a difference in this world ๐
Did I just witness a seizurestroke amidst erotic role play? All of this is terrible, but I can't get that one out of my head. Not only is it absolutely disgusting to send that unsolicited, but I'm seriously concerned for the brain that strung those words together.
These messages are infuriating, disgusting, and awful.
I admire your strength for pushing on and inspiring so many others despite this constant stream of harassment. ๐
Thank you for sharing the ugly truth about what it means to be a prominent woman in tech. It's an important (if not disturbing) wake-up call to anyone out there who refuses to recognize that this sort of awful harassment goes on every single day.
This was such a difficult thing to read as a woman who has dealt with sexual harassment as well.
What makes me really upset is the screenshots are from essentially every platform (Twitter, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc.). A woman isn't safe from a man's unwanted passes on anything nowadays. It's ridiculous and I'm sorry that you have to deal with this nonsense. I applaud you for being so strong and continuing to create amazing content for those of us who love hearing and learning from you despite all this unwanted attention year after year. You are an amazing person, Ali. Don't let anyone ever let you think otherwise.
I have no words for how disgusting humans are and how glad I am that you are still here, coding, teaching, and inspiring. Keep up the great work and keep calling out trash humans!
I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
This is a seriously disappointing collection of disrespectful, demeaning, and downright gross comments. ๐
Thanks for bringing this up and sharing your experience!
People really need to be reminded about the reality of what it's all too frequently like to work in this industry as a female developer. Thanks for persevering through this hate.
Ahh, the annual rogue's gallery of terrible comments. Thanks for posting this, as always. It's terrible that so many bigots exist...but at least you're able to turn them around and use them to educate the rest of the world that gender discrimination DOES exist today in tech.
And nevertheless, she coded. You inspire many others to keep going, to keep writing, keep learning, even with all that shit, so thank you for that. โฅ๏ธ
Vicki, once a manager of aircraft maintenance, is now charming Python & Ruby. She has coded OpenGates.dev, #VetsWhoCode bot, Code Questions bot, & LGBTQ of the Day Bot. They love relatable writing.
Location
Richmond, Virginia
Education
Self Taught Python/Ruby, BBA in Small Business Mgmt, AS in Production Mgmt
Such an important thing to share. Why do people think this is okay?! I hope this will help show people this is a real thing that happens. Iโm so sorry it happened at all.
Oldest comments (86)
Wow, I'm so sorry that all of this happened to you. These messages are appalling ๐ Nevertheless, you coded.... and you're doing amazingly!
โค๏ธ
OMG!
The ugly side of humans... or non-humans ๐ถ
I wish this never kills your motivation or (your why) to keep excelling.
Love you for posting this!
โค๏ธ
Did I just witness a
seizurestroke amidst erotic role play? All of this is terrible, but I can't get that one out of my head. Not only is it absolutely disgusting to send that unsolicited, but I'm seriously concerned for the brain that strung those words together.He sent a different version of the erotica to one of my close friends too, so bizarre.
can we raise money to get all of these guys an intro to grammar book?
more like an "intro to how to be a decent human being" book
These messages are infuriating, disgusting, and awful.
I admire your strength for pushing on and inspiring so many others despite this constant stream of harassment. ๐
Thank you for sharing the ugly truth about what it means to be a prominent woman in tech. It's an important (if not disturbing) wake-up call to anyone out there who refuses to recognize that this sort of awful harassment goes on every single day.
๐
It just goes on and on ๐ข
This was such a difficult thing to read as a woman who has dealt with sexual harassment as well.
What makes me really upset is the screenshots are from essentially every platform (Twitter, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc.). A woman isn't safe from a man's unwanted passes on anything nowadays. It's ridiculous and I'm sorry that you have to deal with this nonsense. I applaud you for being so strong and continuing to create amazing content for those of us who love hearing and learning from you despite all this unwanted attention year after year. You are an amazing person, Ali. Don't let anyone ever let you think otherwise.
โค๏ธ
More power to you Ali ๐๐ผ๐ช๐ป
Appreciate you sharing this โค๏ธ
โค๏ธ
I have no words for how disgusting humans are and how glad I am that you are still here, coding, teaching, and inspiring. Keep up the great work and keep calling out trash humans!
This is a seriously disappointing collection of disrespectful, demeaning, and downright gross comments. ๐
Thanks for bringing this up and sharing your experience!
People really need to be reminded about the reality of what it's all too frequently like to work in this industry as a female developer. Thanks for persevering through this hate.
Ahh, the annual rogue's gallery of terrible comments. Thanks for posting this, as always. It's terrible that so many bigots exist...but at least you're able to turn them around and use them to educate the rest of the world that gender discrimination DOES exist today in tech.
Damn, sick and scary af.
And nevertheless, she coded. You inspire many others to keep going, to keep writing, keep learning, even with all that shit, so thank you for that. โฅ๏ธ
๐ญ๐ฉ๐ก๐ก๐ข๐ข๐คข๐คฎ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐คฌ๐คฌ
Such an important thing to share. Why do people think this is okay?! I hope this will help show people this is a real thing that happens. Iโm so sorry it happened at all.
Some comments may only be visible to logged-in visitors. Sign in to view all comments.