Dramacow Coraline Ada Ehmke / Corey Dale Ehmke - tl;dr Rules for thee but not for me

[elia_schito]

So just by posting, I force these troons to read every word of it.

Damn it feels good to be a shitlord.

It's actually better than that, her every action and vocalization is influenced by what some stranger would write on Kiwifarms.



(and yes, he [sic] can't even set up postgres)

 

[GethN7]

It's actually better than that, her every action and vocalization is influenced by what some stranger would write on Kiwifarms.

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(and yes, he [sic] can't even set up postgres)

It always amuses me when someone who is clearly mad mentions the place that is making them mad and claims they aren't mad.

 

[escapegoat]

Oh, ffs.

So I lost a bunch of money posting that story. I had to turn down the severance offer because it contained a hush clause.

http://where.coraline.codes/blog/my-year-at-github/

Starting in December, in my weekly one-on-one meetings with my manager, we would review all of my written communication (issues, pull requests, code reviews, and Slack messages) to talk about how I could improve. It felt ridiculous but I went along with it, and did my best to address my manager's feedback and concerns. I even got a book on constructive communication and effective collaboration and reported in regularly on what I was learning from the reading. My manager seemed satisfied with my progress.

"Seemed."

I have never even heard of HR assigning a textbook on how to fucking act like a normal human before.

 

[D.Va]

Between the whining of meritocracies (why do socjus types hate the concept of more effort = bigger reward so much), pair programming (which is not part of every company's culture and she should learn to adapt) and needing to reaffirm that all her coworkers are men, there is definitely another side to this story.

The execs at Github probably learned their lesson because as usual a troon has burned a bridge and tried to take their employer down with them. People like Coraline are a fucking poster child as to why diversity quotas are a waste of time and why you should stick to just hiring the best person for the job.

 

[PhantomDiploma]

Oh, ffs.



http://where.coraline.codes/blog/my-year-at-github/



"Seemed."

I have never even heard of HR assigning a textbook on how to fucking act like a normal human before.

Coraline's "full story" on OpalGate removed any mention of his (sic) baiting on Twitter and GitHub. One notable omission was his (sic) demand that the programmer donate to "a transgender charity of [Coraline's] choice", and such baiting on Twitter and in the GitHub issue - both of which were not linked to - would be a more likely explanation than a "negative knee-jerk reaction that many people in our field have against anyone who raises questions about diversity and inclusivity in open source".

So I find it difficult to believe Coraline had to retake and then failed Human 101 based exclusively on the incidents he (sic) gave.
Coraline went on to post someone's comment and username for the crime of saying "let's hear both sides of the story", which is not what I would describe as

but is the sort of conduct which, at work, could result in the aggressor being

Update: The Hacker News submission (current archive)

 

[Unpleasant]

Oh, ffs.



http://where.coraline.codes/blog/my-year-at-github/



"Seemed."

I have never even heard of HR assigning a textbook on how to fucking act like a normal human before.

Bear in mind my experience with programming is limited to java classes and some C and html in college which was never used in any professional capacity.

Does a weekly audit of performance seem normal to anyone in the industry? If he had said "team leader" or something I would buy that- a small pod of workers with one who perhaps had seniority or greater credentials could review the workflow and appraise it somewhat on the weekly. But weekly reviews of what sounds like a pretty comprehensive nature with a manager? Sounds like he wasn't measuring up or fitting in to the culture, and was given a performance improvement plan with defined goals to meet, and failed to meet them.

Plus, a manager who gave a code monkey a book on constructive communication? What kind of subhuman autistic monkeyman would you have to be that somebody thought to try and elevate the level of communication with a programmer? Holy shit, he must be the biggest asshole in the universe, or totally incapable of any sort of collaborative effort.

Sounds like they went the extra mile to try and retain him (or force him out, which I guess is the real purpose of many PIPs), but he wasn't worth the effort. Which is telling, as those in the know (or moreso in the know compared to me- coding talk isn't totally greek to me but its very much out of my depth) suggest that while maybe not a great programmer, he was at least competent. Must have been some very severe conflicts of personality on the team to which he was assigned.

This cow is particularly interesting to me because most of these troons are just total and complete failures at life, and we're sort of just poking a corpse with a stick. This one appears to have some degree of talent, but is squandering it because of a host of mental illnesses and a terrible personality... and not a small dose of histrionics and narcissism!

Edited to add: I like the above post in particular. Two friends that work at Pandora and Sun Microsystems were bitching loudly about "data scientists" and how horseshit they were yesterday. Nice to see that two distinct branches of corporate cancer are unable to coexist, and one forced out the other.

 

[AnOminous]

"Seemed."

I have never even heard of HR assigning a textbook on how to fucking act like a normal human before.

This is how you deal with an employee you suspect is a nutjob who is going to sue you or whatever because if they fire you, it's going to be because you're a tranny and not because you're a complete fuckwad. They do a bunch of shit to show they tried whatever they could to get you to act like a human and you continued being a totally useless shitbag anyway, and they keep a record of it.

 

[Sweet and Savoury]

His exit story from GitHub reads like fanfiction

He was the best most perfect employee possible, did everything he possible could to improve his only flaw but the evil HR manager was determined to fire him at any cost...blah blah blah

I've heard this story hundreds of times from shitty employee's who won't realize that they're the problem and not everyone else.

I highly doubt even 5% of his story is remotely true...what kind of tech company fires a talented programmer because they're not "emotive" enough in their professional communications.

Chances are he was doing the same old same old shit stirring he did before but this time he was doing it inside the company and he pissed off the wrong person. But WTF did Github expect when they hired him?

SJW's gota SJW right?

 

[D.Va]

Coraline was a perfect employee, just like how they handled the Opal incident in a calm and professional manner without trying to harass or provoke anyone over political views or breaking their own code of conduct.

She was probably constantly muttering about her oppressive cis co-workers on the job in earshot to just about everybody. I hope an anonymous GitHub employee comes here at some point to tell their side of the story because I bet she was just an all around nice person to work with lol

 

[Sissy Galvez]

It's a one sided story written by a mentally unstable person who's only goal is to make it seem the firing was unfair. I have no doubt in my mind, based on his twitter interactions, pushing the CoC, opalgate etc, that he was insufferable to work with and made every single co-worker walk on egg shells. Everything was about trans this and harassment that because that's his identity.

 

[D.Va]

I'll let this speak for itself

 

[AnOminous]

These troon apologists sound exactly like cultists telling people not to listen to the Satanic apostates.

 

[Unpleasant]

That Hackernet comment thread could hardly have been any more civil. It's telling that he skips over the handful of critical remarks (or ones that focus on calling out SJWs or troons, which I think he is probably mature enough to avoid) and picks out a remarkably neutral one to take offense with.

Wanting to hear both sides of the story is hardly odd in any scenario.

 

[AnOminous]

That Hackernet comment thread could hardly have been any more civil. It's telling that he skips over the handful of critical remarks (or ones that focus on calling out SJWs or troons, which I think he is probably mature enough to avoid) and picks out a remarkably neutral one to take offense with.

Wanting to hear both sides of the story is hardly odd in any scenario.

If you're brainwashed, it's a thoughtcrime.

 

[Eli Whitney]

Does a weekly audit of performance seem normal to anyone in the industry?

I don't think I have ever seen weekly, especially for a senior level resource. It suggests to me someone is already a problem and the manager is in babysitting mode. Then again, a company run by a bunch of millennial, sjw, hipsters so it seems like a place where babysitting might be something you have to build in to the process, so who knows. As Cory suggests, when you get into things like HR coming down to implement a PIP, the decision has already been made and the company is simply going through a long tailed termination process designed to collect documentation to satisfy any concerns over liability and risk. Having worked in the same field for a long time I find that you have to be a pretty egregiously toxic person to be thrown out of a technical role for something like "lack of empathy" if you are otherwise doing your job.

What I do know is that Cory has learned absolutely nothing from this and many other experiences that involve airing all of his dirty laundry and throwing tantrums on the public internet. I don't know the details of his severance package, but they usually come with some strings attached in the form of a mutual NDA and/or non-disparagement clause which I imagine this little treatise would be at odds with. Of course, I don't imagine github gives a shit about him or what he says anymore, but is likely not going to reflect positively when he is back in the job market after he is inevitably let go from his new job for pulling something along the lines of the same shit. He is staking what remains of his professional reputation on the assertion that everyone at github was out to get him.

 

[escapegoat]

It says he turned down severance so he could attention-whore on the internet.

 

[Eli Whitney]

It says he turned down severance so he could attention-whore on the internet.

Gotcha. I missed that part.

 

[Meowthkip]

Between the whining of meritocracies (why do socjus types hate the concept of more effort = bigger reward so much), pair programming (which is not part of every company's culture and she should learn to adapt) and needing to reaffirm that all her coworkers are men, there is definitely another side to this story.

Because they don't like work and want things to just be handed over to them because nyyeeeehhh I dun' wanna.

It's weird, "meritocracy" didn't used to be a dirty word among leftists. In fact, most of them wanted people to be recognized by their merit, as many non-white people and women could work themselves to the bone their whole lives and never get the recognition that they deserved while some incompetent white dude (a CIS WHITE MALE, even) could climb up the ladder on nepotism alone. Meritocracy is part of the American Dream, after all; work hard, and you will be rewarded for your efforts. Anybody can work their way from the bottom to the top if they apply themselves.

Of course, it rarely works out that way in real life, as luck, social connections and savvy tend to be a bigger factor in advancement, rather than working your butt off. Ironically, many vocal SJ types have social connections that allow them access to these positions that are often denied to people who are just working their hardest. Maybe that's why they hate the idea of personal merit so much; they know that they lack the skills and work ethic to earn the positions they weasel their ways into, so they try and scoff at the very idea of merit.

How classist of them.

 

[elia_schito]

I still can't fathom this. She was fired from Gestapo for cruelty.

 

[PhantomDiploma]

"A GitHub programmer turned down a severance check so she could speak out about her frustrating experience" by Business Insider:
Cites Coraline's personal website uncritically
In three instances, including aforementioned OpalGate
Refers to harassment and possibly blackmail as "[causing] a hubbub"
Editorial miscategorized as news
Relevant to most professionals and managers
Relevant to GitHub and managers presently against merit-based recruiting