Tweet by ritakozlov

April 28, 2026

i've picked up the pen so many times to write about being a woman in tech and every time i chicken out because there's this catch-22: to talk about being a woman in tech, you need to have credibility. and once you start talking about it as a woman, you lose said credibility so i'm going to mortgage some of my credibility to get this off my chest, as someone who has both had a pretty successful career in tech, and leads a team with a lot of women on it: every woman you work with has had the most insane shit happen to her — on an almost daily basis. shit that makes you look at the camera and go "how did i end up here". from wild remarks about appearance to stalking and trauma dumping, and just constant dismissal from so many directions (employees, customers...). shit that you never tell anyone because they wouldn't believe you... i recently learned that like 97% of my followers on here are men. so my challenge to you is just to sit with that for a moment. you don't need to do anything about it (other than try not to be that person). but you should be aware that that's what every woman you work with deals with

Author
ritakozlov
Date
April 28, 2026
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