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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by caskstrength on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:42PM (#38384095)
> Also I am almost never the person to bring this kind of thing up but ... there aren't a lot of other black women in leadership at Google. Makes this targeted attack feel worse.

Unless I misunderstood the author she was his manager. It is not like he chose some random "black woman in leadership at Google" to attack.

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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by makeitdouble on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:22PM (#38387947)
But then, why point at "her department" when they are both in it ? My read is she's not in author's direct hierarchy line.
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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by fastball on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:53PM (#38388208)
The author has worked the last 9 years on Flutter. Banks is the VP of "Developer X", which is the department that "owns" Flutter.
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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by chairhairair on Thursday November 23, 2023 @01:41PM (#38396001)
Your read is incorrect.
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Re:Reflecting on 18 Years at Google by nostrademons on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:33PM (#38389303)
She was a few levels up, but in his management chain.
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