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Cat Hicks @grimalkina@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 5:20:56 PM

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Posting this one a few times because this conversation really meant a lot to me.

Along with all the good nerdy stuff about measurement in engineering orgs, it was a chance to share some very authentic thoughts around building for trustworthy diversity-informed social science in tech at a time when all "DEI" is under attack, and I'm so grateful that Autumn brought that nuance to the surface. I pull the curtain back a bit on how the DSL was able to do what we did.

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Developing Measurements with Cat Hicks

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 5:23:14 PM

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I also share about the importance of things like building accurate career ladders that are SKILL based, not just based on stereotypes about roles; this mundane but important detail is critical if we want to have computational social scientists succeed in tech, because our skills are frequently split between two career ladders with large financial consequences. You get penalized for working on human stuff when it drags people away from recognizing your computational skills.

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