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Whether or not her allegations turn out to have merit, blasting them out on Twitter without having gone through the appropriate channels inside and outside the company first shows a distinct lack of professionalism.

There are plenty of professional responses when there is conflict with your coworkers and attempting to publicly shame them is very far from any of them.




She founded GitHub's Passion Projects series, so if GitHub does something that undermines that message, her professional reputation is on the line. She writes on twitter "HR has a well documented explanation and has for years."


not sure how "all destroyed in a day" and "hr documented for years" work together.

oh yeah - it doesnt. if anything thats another thing that totally discredit her... i dont doubt she complained to ht over the years trying to fuck ppl up after reading the excerpt however.


Passion Projects is becoming an independent organization now, it was announced at the one this past week.


Oh, I see, it's the victim's fault because she didn't engage with systems created by the harassers to your satisfaction. Such elegant logic: no matter what, somehow it's the woman's fault.


If she doesn't want to go through actual channels, she could write a blog post with actual meaning instead of tweeting vague accusations.


Gender seems quite irrelevant when it comes to what colechristensen is saying. It'd apply equally well to a male who feels wronged in some way at his place of employment.


dats victim blaming blah blah blah




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