Selena Deckelmann
American software engineer and engineering leader: PostgreSQL contributor, PyLadies Portland founder, former Mozilla VP of Firefox engineering and Wikimedia Foundation CTO.
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Their wordsThis is meant as a discussion of why public responses to public harassment are not only justified, but helpful.
↗Some thoughts on handling harassment and toxic behavior privatelychesnok.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI don’t believe that those who are harassed are obligated in any way to respond publicly to harassment.
↗Some thoughts on handling harassment and toxic behavior privatelychesnok.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsMy experience has been that private responses to people who harass me don’t help. Harassment continues, the harasser does not change.
↗Some thoughts on handling harassment and toxic behavior privatelychesnok.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 10 months earlier
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Too little is done to teach adult women computer science; outreach wrongly focuses only on children.
Their wordsMy most striking realization is how little work is done to educate adult women about computer science, about open source and open culture.
↗Why I gave $1024 to the Ada Initiativechesnok.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIt reinforces my belief that it is never too late to learn these skills, and the women who seek out these classes inspire me with their dedication and fearlessness.
↗Why I gave $1024 to the Ada Initiativechesnok.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThird, reviewers don’t always need to be expert developers, or experts at Postgres to get started, but many people who do open source work have no idea this is true.
↗Why give credit to reviewers?chesnok.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsGiving people appreciation for the review work they’re doing, for free, is a good thing for everyone.
↗Why give credit to reviewers?chesnok.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsKids don’t need algebra to learn to program.
↗About high school computer science teacherschesnok.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsI think we’re all really missing out when we don’t talk to teachers.
↗About high school computer science teacherschesnok.com 2nd of 2 in this piece