Posts by Hannah Swierstra

In the previous article, I dived into the reality of being an LGBTQIA+ member of the workforce from a personal perspective. Of finally dropping those masks within a workplace that goes beyond performative acceptance, and why that is so important to vulnerable individuals. But while I’ve been incredibly fortunate to find an environment in which…

I’ve spent two decades working in tech. I’ve been an engineer, a CTO, a co-founder, a director, a team lead, a QA… you get the picture. For most of that time, I was ostensibly moving through the industry as a cishet (meaning cisgender and heterosexual), white, middle-class male. In reality I was a queer AuDHD…