Can those black folks in tech comment about their experience?! Please and thank you!
Show me the way folks….I’m down for a switch….
in tech…you usually don’t see a whole lot of people that look like you but it’s kinda chill overall. just gotta keep in mind to remain true to yourself because you will hear a seemingly endless amount of bullshit to your face & over cubicle walls
I’m a designer/developer who’s been running my digital marketing agency (8 employees now) for 15 years, and imho it’s never been a better time to be black in tech. Companies are actually putting legit effort into their DEI initiatives, and it’s showing in the number of inquiries we’re seeing and the volume of new business we’re able to close. I’m not sure about other tech sectors like networking/infosec/sysadmin type jobs, but if anyone is interested in tips on getting started in web design or development, I’d be happy to share some resources.
Imposter syndrome basically means having constant self doubt about your abilities despite having evidence of the fact that you CAN actually do what you want to do. For example when you get a job because you are good at it but you feel like you don’t deserve it and you don’t actually belong there (aka like an imposter). I’ve been writing stories for a while now but I have a few projects at the back of my mind that always feel too ambitious to try writing. I can’t always tell if it’s just imposter syndrome or maybe I need to get my writing skill to a higher level first… But lately I’ve realised that if I don’t at least TRY chipping away at writing those - I may never get to do them at alll. Hmmm. I’ll keep at it hehe :> I can get better through practice.
trying to find a new piece of media to consume like, it has to be new, it has to be familiar, if it stresses me out even a little i will die, i want there to be a specific kind of conflict but i don’t know what kind, i want to be utterly engrossed, i want to watch it in the background, i can’t concentrate, i am hyperfixated, i want to be challenged, i want to be comforted, i want to be disturbed but in a comforting way, maybe i’ll just watch the first three seasons of great british bakeoff again
