Meredith Whittaker

Because if I sat with them, then I could vibe with them, and then they would be much more likely to fix my bugs. And so all my bugs started getting fixed. But then my manager got really upset because it was like, yeah, obviously I had breached the hierarchy. And I was like, oh, kind of. And so this meeting appeared on my calendar that was basically about me being insubordinate.

Because if I sat with them, then I could vibe with them, and then they would be much more likely to fix my bugs. And so all my bugs started getting fixed. But then my manager got really upset because it was like, yeah, obviously I had breached the hierarchy. And I was like, oh, kind of. And so this meeting appeared on my calendar that was basically about me being insubordinate.

Because if I sat with them, then I could vibe with them, and then they would be much more likely to fix my bugs. And so all my bugs started getting fixed. But then my manager got really upset because it was like, yeah, obviously I had breached the hierarchy. And I was like, oh, kind of. And so this meeting appeared on my calendar that was basically about me being insubordinate.

But I'm also like I didn't come from that class. I had no I was like, what the fuck did I do wrong? I don't know. And I was like, oh, God, I like I did something. And then the day before I think that meeting was going to happen, this email hit kind of we had this all.

But I'm also like I didn't come from that class. I had no I was like, what the fuck did I do wrong? I don't know. And I was like, oh, God, I like I did something. And then the day before I think that meeting was going to happen, this email hit kind of we had this all.

But I'm also like I didn't come from that class. I had no I was like, what the fuck did I do wrong? I don't know. And I was like, oh, God, I like I did something. And then the day before I think that meeting was going to happen, this email hit kind of we had this all.

org like some group i don't know it was like the group to the consumer operations team and one of the engineering directors and apps must have had like a beer or something during one of the many many many drinking parties that happened during the day at google in that era and sent some email that was like meredith's couch is a model for collaboration

org like some group i don't know it was like the group to the consumer operations team and one of the engineering directors and apps must have had like a beer or something during one of the many many many drinking parties that happened during the day at google in that era and sent some email that was like meredith's couch is a model for collaboration

org like some group i don't know it was like the group to the consumer operations team and one of the engineering directors and apps must have had like a beer or something during one of the many many many drinking parties that happened during the day at google in that era and sent some email that was like meredith's couch is a model for collaboration

And then that meeting just like disappeared. And I was like, well, shit, I need another job because I just burned someone who's going to figure out how to get back at me. And that's where my street sense comes in. So I... took a bike around campus for a couple of months and like asked every VP during their office hours, which is the thing they used to have, like, Hey, I want another job.

And then that meeting just like disappeared. And I was like, well, shit, I need another job because I just burned someone who's going to figure out how to get back at me. And that's where my street sense comes in. So I... took a bike around campus for a couple of months and like asked every VP during their office hours, which is the thing they used to have, like, Hey, I want another job.

And then that meeting just like disappeared. And I was like, well, shit, I need another job because I just burned someone who's going to figure out how to get back at me. And that's where my street sense comes in. So I... took a bike around campus for a couple of months and like asked every VP during their office hours, which is the thing they used to have, like, Hey, I want another job.

And I would just drop in and be like, hi, you don't know me. I'd like a job. And then I got a job doing basically standards work, like trying to push document interop standards. And so I like started in standards and then standards parlays into measurement pretty quickly. Cause measurement is ultimately the methodological standard. Um, And co-founded MLab.

And I would just drop in and be like, hi, you don't know me. I'd like a job. And then I got a job doing basically standards work, like trying to push document interop standards. And so I like started in standards and then standards parlays into measurement pretty quickly. Cause measurement is ultimately the methodological standard. Um, And co-founded MLab.

And I would just drop in and be like, hi, you don't know me. I'd like a job. And then I got a job doing basically standards work, like trying to push document interop standards. And so I like started in standards and then standards parlays into measurement pretty quickly. Cause measurement is ultimately the methodological standard. Um, And co-founded MLab.

And then that became the nucleus around which the research group I founded existed. And then I just that was the that was when the fresh air of sort of these political and social complexities started hitting my technical work. And I was like, oh, standardization is power. Oh, creating data means you own the narrative. Oh, yeah. shit, none of this is neutral. All of this is contingent.

And then that became the nucleus around which the research group I founded existed. And then I just that was the that was when the fresh air of sort of these political and social complexities started hitting my technical work. And I was like, oh, standardization is power. Oh, creating data means you own the narrative. Oh, yeah. shit, none of this is neutral. All of this is contingent.

And then that became the nucleus around which the research group I founded existed. And then I just that was the that was when the fresh air of sort of these political and social complexities started hitting my technical work. And I was like, oh, standardization is power. Oh, creating data means you own the narrative. Oh, yeah. shit, none of this is neutral. All of this is contingent.

I started seeing the balance sheet. I started seeing the capital that was involved in running infrastructure. And I remember around the time I met you, minus like maybe over a decade ago.

I started seeing the balance sheet. I started seeing the capital that was involved in running infrastructure. And I remember around the time I met you, minus like maybe over a decade ago.