[caskstrength]

> Also I am almost never the person to bring this kind of thing up but ... there aren't a lot of other black women in leadership at Google. Makes this targeted attack feel worse.

Unless I misunderstood the author she was his manager. It is not like he chose some random "black woman in leadership at Google" to attack.

[makeitdouble]

But then, why point at "her department" when they are both in it ? My read is she's not in author's direct hierarchy line.

[fastball]

The author has worked the last 9 years on Flutter. Banks is the VP of "Developer X", which is the department that "owns" Flutter.

[chairhairair]

Your read is incorrect.

[nostrademons]

She was a few levels up, but in his management chain.