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kkelleey | 8 years ago | on: Why So Few Women Break Through Tech's Bro Culture

I've found it interesting how my colleagues refer to the gender of hypothetical engineers. One principal engineer that I work with always uses "Suzie" in examples; "If Suzie is ..., she ...". Many others simply use the pronoun "he/him". ("When a manger..., he should ...").

I'm not sure if the principal engineer chooses "Suzie" deliberately because of her gender, but as a female engineer I really respect him for it and appreciate it anyway. Conversely, while I don't find it that big of a deal, I do lose a bit of respect for the speaker when I notice them only using "he/him".

Something to consider.

kkelleey | 9 years ago | on: Amazon's Leadership Principles

The emphasis on "customer obsession" is clearly working, since it has topped the polls for best corporate reputation two years in a row. http://www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon-tops-harris-poll-corpora...

I work for Amazon, and I personally am a huge fan of the "LPs" . I consistently find myself mentally consulting them when I'm not sure what to do in a particular situation. I also think it really helps to work in an environment where everyone shares the same core values.

kkelleey | 9 years ago | on: Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech

Does anyone know if there is data somewhere that shows the male/female speaker proportion across different conferences?

Would be interesting to see how it compares across the different industries. I didn't see anything after some basic googling.