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I was told I was a diversity hire and now I'm questioning everything
Last month I had a meeting with my boss and his boss to talk about my future within the company. I was really excited until I heard that they were really happy they hired me because I'm female and they wanted a female engineer - which actually put a dent in my self esteem.
Now I keep wondering if my gender vs. qualifications got me the job.
Anonymous
07/12/18 at 9:14PM UTC
I worked/interned in some companies where I was one of two or three women in a tech team of size 50 and 100. I had never been told that i had been a diversity hire, but still, sometimes I felt insecure that I was only hired because of my gender and often, I was worried that other people thought this about me. But I kinda grew out of it as time went on because 1) I realized that my work is good and other coworkers see it too, 2) a company won't hire an unqualified person because she is a woman! and finally, 3) a lot of men probably get hired more easily than women just because of their gender.. ;)
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