App developers: do NOT disable pasting in password fields! This reduces security because it makes it more difficult for people to use password managers, resulting in users choosing and reusing simpler, easier-to-remember and easier-to-type passwords. Passwords already suck for security. UX like this just contributes further to their weaknesses.

Finding a job in tech can be hard. (A thread)

Really hard.

I’ve been rejected from dozens of jobs that I thought I was well qualified for in my tech career so far.

For me, this has been happening mid career — not when I first changed careers from science to tech. I was once rejected for a front end engineering position. They told me I didn’t have enough engineering experience, but that I was “a great communicator” and asked if they could contact me if anything opened up in communications.

I wonder if they’d have said that if I was male?

I've seen a lot more conferences these days skipping tech check with the assurance of "We trust you speakers, so there's no need."

There IS a need though.

Here's why tech checks REALLY matter for speakers (and the audience, by proxy!) ...a thread: AV: Is the screen a huge, bright LED monitor? We will want to remove white backgrounds from slides, or reduce contrast to avoid blinding the audience.

Low resolution projector? Increase brightness and contrast in our slides.

This is for the audience—to enhance THEIR experience.