Tech on Terra Field

Interview Theater

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:01:32 +0000

I’m tired of your interview process. I’ve worked in tech on Linux and Windows based servers since 2003 — and I was doing it for fun before that. I installed Slackware off of repurposed Windows 95 beta floppies. I remember when you had to recompile the kernel to raise the number of file descriptors.

Does having been around since the 1.x kernel days mean I shouldn’t have to prove my abilities? No, but your half-baked interview processes don’t actually clarify a candidate’s abilities and I’m tired of performing interview theater. As an industry, we have managed to create the perfect process to ensure that corporate cultures stagnate and that the employee base of a company takes as long as possible to diversify.

My Resignation from Netflix

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:19:06 +0000

(Note: This is a copy of my resignation letter that was delivered to my team and members of the Trans* ERG)

Greetings,

I have resigned from Netflix as of 11/21/2021. This isn’t how I thought things would end, but I am relieved to have closure.

When I was looking to change teams at Netflix, when I was trying to decide if I needed a break from my ERG leadership role, and when I was suspended from Netflix in October, there was one person whose advice I sought in all three cases: B. Pagels-Minor. Shortly after B. was fired for something I did not and do not believe they did, I made a decision: sink or swim, I was going to walk side by side with B. as they had for so many of us while they led the Trans* ERG.