How to Navigate Being the Only Woman on Your Team

Re:How to Navigate Being the Only Woman on Your Team by moltar on Sunday November 01, 2020 @10:36PM (#24964615)

In my circle of close guy-friends it’s so common to just always crack jokes and banter that there are zero silent moments. In fact there’s often more than one person yelling over another person with a better joke or twist on a previous joke or some story. It’s like a bazaar.

You do need to time it right to get the word in, but you can’t wait for a silent moment.

It’s like merging on the highway. You can’t wait for all cars to stop. Have to time the merge correctly and force your way in, even if nobody is letting you in.

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Re:How to Navigate Being the Only Woman on Your Team by bloodorange on Sunday November 01, 2020 @11:29PM (#24964824)

Social settings are not the same as meetings at work. I don't mind sitting back quietly and in fact prefer others carrying the conversations when in a social setting. My point of view above was only about official meetings. Work shouldn't be an environment where one can only be heard by being rude (interrupting).

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