• Hello world. Happy Juneteenth.
  • Sitting in on a few sessions streamed for JuneteenthConf, "a free virtual tech conference made for and featuring Black people in technology"
    • Okay, so I spent all day watching sessions
  • Just encountered the term "Difficulty Anchor"
    • Reads to me as one worker finding another credible trusted senior worker to witness and provide backup for acknowledging effort & work & credit in an environment where folks (especially under-represented minorities) find their efforts discounted after the fact
    • Not exactly mentoring, more sponsorship
  • As a senior engineer, I'm feel a need to focus more on mentorship & sponsorship
    • This runs into my social anxiety and depression
      • Takes a lot of energy to deal with people, so it's easy to put off & avoid
      • Exhausting to stew in inexplicable terror in anticipation of a meeting with a perfectly pleasant person
    • But it's super rewarding when I manage to do it
      • Feels great to solve a problem or clear a barrier for someone
      • Feels great to share a bit of knowledge I forgot wasn't obvious when I first learned it
      • Feels great to help multiply someone else's force
  • Spent some time on TagIndex, stumbling through using TiddlyWiki filters and widgets