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by magduf 2314 days ago
If the harassment has moved beyond the workplace, and someone is stalking you at home or wherever, then call the police. As long as it's still at work, the easiest thing, and probably best choice for your career, is to find a new employer ASAP. We're talking about software engineers/devs here: this field is hot, and there's lots of demand. GTFO and find a better place to work. Just look at the women who's the subject of this article: she blew the whistle publicly and now doesn't even work in the field. This, unfortunately, is generally what happens to whistleblowers; I've seen it before with someone close. She saved lives, but now can't work in that field any more.

After you've found greener grass, if the company is large enough, write an anonymous review on Glassdoor.com calling them out for their toxic environment, so others will know to avoid that cesspool.

It's really a shame that our society shits on whistleblowers so badly.