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  • Oct 21, 2026, 11:46 AM

    @Gina I'm so so sorry to hear about and you are not the only one and I talked to a lot of female devs it is always the same.
    This is a big issue and I have seen and experienced too. I was kind of responsible for DEI for a small company and was also in charge of hiring. I took care that we tried to always get female candidates too into our interview process, sometimes we just didn’t get any female candidates.  Also when their CVs didn’t look the best, I know that (most of the) male (devs) go over the top on their CVs, cover letters etc and that (most) female (devs) are under selling themselves in these.
    During one hiring we had an amazing female candidate and after the last round of interviews the female team lead, who was looking for a new team member, disqualified her as she was in her mind “too cocky” and “too confident”. She never said that before or after to any male candidate. In my perception the candidate never really was. She did know her stuff and just told so. But for the team lead, this was not something what a woman did and that this would disrupt the team 🤯😭 Mind you she was a woman too.
    That whole situation shocked me and was bonkers to me. I tried to intervene and told her differently and in the end it was her decision.
    This is a very sad reality and we should talk about it and fight it.

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