สะบรีนะ sabrina
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staff product designer @shop @shopify ~ ex @github @buzzfeed @venmo ~ baby carat 💎 ~ she/her 🇹🇭🇵🇰🇨🇳🇺🇸
Joined June 2008
@ValerieComplex @geesubay @JennyFu3 @nealhatesdisco "I have so much respect for Asian culture and people. Some of my closest friends are Asian." (Note: they will say Asian instead of Chinese).
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we got the rest of our elopement pics back from our photographer hehe 🥰
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's absolutely okay to tweet in support and concern for Asian Americans without disclosing your personal relationships to Asian Americans. It actually makes us feel safer to know that you care even if we are not your wife, kids, etc.
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My dad, a software engineer, found the birth announcement he sent out when I was born and it is so endearingly nerdy I can't even <3
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a little bit of news from yours truly ~ after five years of people mgmt/leading design teams, last week I switched to a staff product design role ☺️ yesterday I had three solid uninterrupted hours of designing + all of today free for that and it feels very good and right.
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In some personal news. wrapped up week 1 at Shopify ✨ and my account is public again teehee
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While I'm really glad more people are holding tech companies accountable, it sucks that the current, often more diverse teams take the heat while early employees who shaped the culture and made millions off it fly under the radar of criticism.
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POC supporting one another terrifies them bc in the past they could always rely on wealthy Asians to stay silent.
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lol this is why people hate the tech industry
Two ex-Googlers want to make bodegas and mom-and-pop corner stores obsolete
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Seeing men in tech try to distance themselves from the Google guy by labeling him a nerd, basement dweller, etc. no, he's one of your own.
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The discourse around colorism in In The Heights is painfully familiar to the erasure of dark-skinned Asians in Crazy Rich Asians which begs the question. why do we keep entrusting Jon Chu with these projects? Two times in a row is not an accident.
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So fucking funny to see wealthy tech people who ditched NYC for their second homes, suddenly move back and declare "NYC is back, baby!" 🙊 I don't even live there anymore but I'm annoyed. A city can't come 'back', a city is both its good times and bad 🤷🏻♀️.
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I will never not be annoyed that tech and media co's throw money and publicity at Karlie Kloss when there are women actually employed / working for tech companies today that could benefit from that visibility, and a raise.
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So much of "career growth" at companies is based on pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and I don't think we're talking enough about how between the pandemic, plus rampant racism and transphobia - so many of us are not in a place to do that.
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In a subtle way, it reinforces the message of "both sides" being equally wrong in their approach.
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Also what many seem to be overlooking is that Tina Fey has a long history of writing jokes at the expense of POC.
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Maybe it would be funnier if most of my liberal friends and family weren't being silent or talking about violence on both sides :/.
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Here's my sales pitch for Californians and New Yorkers to move to Texas by 2022, featuring four completely different corners of the state:
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On the surface it may have sounded like a joke at the expense of white supremacists, but it was also at the expense of 1.) activists.
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I grew up with Hana Yori Dango so it holds a soft spot in my heart but I totally agree. This is the best iteration/retelling of the story so far, and the acting is actually very good? F4 Thailand feels like the most realistic adaptation but doesn't lose the humor of the series 🥺.
#F4ThailandEP4 was really the best I have seen among all the versions. There's so much substance to the writing here. It's like watching slice of life version of Boy over flowers.The writing focuses on character emotions which makes you feel more connected as a viewer.#F4Thailand
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I genuinely hope between what's happening in the PNW and what happened in Texas earlier this year we can move past the "[extreme weather] is a normal day in [y]" jokes. Climate change is coming for all our necks and *nowhere* is prepared for the opposite of their usual weather🤷♀️.
Please, before you joke about the heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, remember that almost all of us are without central AC and this poses a very real risk of injury and death for some folks. Thanks in advance!.
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It's specifically not for the people who need that uplifting humor the most, the ones who are most at threat.
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I was today years old when I learned swag means "stuff we all get". I always thought tech companies just delusionally believed their merch was cool enough to give people swagger. 🤷🏻♀️.
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What's worse - co-opting from another social movement or co-opting something which the folks at the center of the original movement explicitly said WASN'T HELPFUL
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A lot of people are saying it was just a joke, and we need humor in times like this. That last part is true but this joke isn't for everyone.
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This joke is harmful bc it tells that person exactly what they want to hear.
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The people who say it's just comedy now, are often the ones criticizing comedians for jokes on sexual assault. It's not just comedy then.
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Unfollow 10 white dude "design leaders" and replace with @amelielamont @jedmund @KristyT @jordanobi and @s_m_i.
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And POC have been vocal about it but no one really listens and y'all keep jizzing about Kimmy Schmidt 🙄 but that's a whole other topic.
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Okay I want to try something. Women in design: who are the men in our industry that you would recommend working with the most?.
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Anyway. Last point! We already know there's a large portion of people who would like very much to do nothing right now.
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Yet I know many women who work on trust & safety at these very companies *today* who are fixing the problems those guys created because they didn't consider the ways their platforms might be abused when they built them.
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It's almost like maybe. young girls just might be inspired to pursue STEM if they got to see the women in their lives (moms, aunts, old sisters) have successful careers in tech instead of being burnt and harassed out? But I guess paying a model is easier.
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@xmustanger @bonerhitler I went to jury duty for an SA case and not only was anyone who had ever experienced assault excused, they didn’t even want people who had someone in their life who had been assaulted. You can guess what the jury make-up and verdict ended up being 🤷🏻♀️.
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Watching AOC take the heat for being "divisive" when she was defending herself against her older, whiter colleagues who attacked her first - Pelosi, Kasich, Spanberger - is honestly so triggering. I'm no stranger to that double standard 😐.
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Maybe the democrats that donated to rebuild the GOP office can also donate to the Mosque that was set on fire today
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Oh, and it's no coincidence that y'all are just now starting to think about ethics in tech as the industry gets more diverse.
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If you've been following me for awhile you know I have been just a lil jaded about product design, and tech companies, and capitalism in general, but honestly the past three months at Shopify have been very restorative and exciting for me!
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Courage is showing up day after day to a work environment that refuses to acknowledge your humanity while your community is being targeted, assaulted, and murdered - not whatever the fuck this is 🤷🏻♀️.
Another mission focused company 👏 it takes courage in these times. Who will be next?.
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I had a really hard time staying asleep last night. Woke up at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep b/c of anxiety. Then I remembered CVS opens vaccine appts at 4am and was actually able to secure one!!!.
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@ckimberlinjr @Airbnb Hey Curtis! I'm sure you figured out alternative plans by now but if you ever need to come back to Dallas, I would gladly host you and your bf! Our place is in a super inclusive neighborhood as well. ❤️
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Nothing to do with the election but it's a really nice day today and although I don't consider my patio "finished yet" I'm pretty happy with how it looks in the sunlight! 🌞
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It's honestly wild how much more at ease and prepared I feel for the work week after a 3 day weekend. Why can't 4 day work week be the norm 😭.
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There's so much irony between the first and last thing on this list. We have 40 hour work weeks because people dared to get political at work. 32 in the summer? That's a bold political stance for a company to take, as are many of the things on this list, like no managers.
Working at Basecamp:. - 40 hours a week (32 in summer).- work anywhere in the world.- make 90 percentile of SF level.- no managers, minimal meetings.- twice a year meetups.- allowed to work on side projects.- contribute to open source.- can’t talk politics at work.
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But today is my last day at BuzzFeed! After 3.5+ years I can't believe I'm leaving this very special place and team. 😢
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Gotta say the most useless response to a man being outed as a harasser is "oh I thought we liked him! My world is shattered". Basically just outing the fact that no women trust you enough to confide in and that you put way too much stock in the profile of the twitter-famous.
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I know everyone grieves differently and not everyone wants to process out in the open but it is surreal to see people last night / this morning tweeting about crypto like everything is f i n e 🐶🔥.
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I want this Meitu photo framed and on display at my funeral
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While many of those early employees who made millions in tech IPOs are starting companies where they have both the power and opportunity to influence the culture, yet no one is holding them accountable from making the same mistakes twice.
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People: Do you have any free design advice you can give me on my product?. Me: My free advice is PAY 👏 DESIGNERS 👏 FOR 👏 THEIR 👏 WORK.
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Really digging the icons (and hover effect) on the Lore homepage: http://t.co/NEATLueM
@learn.
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*buttons up Everlane shirt, applies beard oil, and cracks open Medium in a new tab*. 1/? So, I have some personal news. .
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Tomorrow I'm publishing a series of blog posts on our hiring process that I've been working on for almost TWO YEARS! Stay tuned.
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So it sucks that in 2017, when more URM in tech finally have access to jobs at these reputable companies, now is the time we find it convenient to criticize people for working for the man: when the most privileged amongst us no longer need to.
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Update: I did it. I ordered a Peloton. This was the deciding factor:
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The simultaneously most valuable and under-appreciated person on your team is the hyper-organized woman who is always on top of her shit.
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conspiracy theory: the "should designers code" debate isn't even about design or code but actually about competitive hyper-masculinity 🤔.
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is it problematic if I say I think this describes being a designer.
more jobs should be about knowing a bunch of weird stuff and being kinda flirty.
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me watching the $100 I put into a meme stock go up: 😂🎉🤠🥳😏. my actual retirement portfolio in the red today bc everyone else is moving their money into meme stocks: 👁️👄👁️.
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I try not to judge what ppl do during the pandemic bc I'm sure I've also done things that don't meet someone's standards out there but it is hard to swallow seeing unvaccinated friends traveling and dining in mixed households while my community is scapegoated for the pandemic 😔.
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Long interviews just tell me that the team doesn't trust one another lol. If they did, you wouldn't need to have every single person on a team or every discipline interview every candidate.
I love the fact that this man removed himself from the candidate pool b/c of too many interviews. While interviewing, I've been shocked by how many interviews each company wants, & I fear this has become the norm. I'm not positive more interviews always equals better candidates.
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It reminded me that a lot of the early designers at places like Facebook and Twitter don't work for anyone right now because they can afford not to. They can disassociate themselves from these companies at a time when they are the most scrutinized.
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PSA + reminder that literally all women in tech know each other and your actions do not live in a bubble.
Women: I would honestly avoid working with this person, who is likely to behave similarly should you get harassed at work.
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Nobody warned me about how Workplace really enables all your coworkers to become thought leaders. So many essays. So very many essays.
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If democracy is on the brink of collapse and the CEO of a tool I use actually wants to do something about it instead of basking in the safety of their own privilege. I'm totally ok with them abandoning decorum and sending me an email about it 🤷♀️.
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Women: *write about shitty experiences in tech the past few years*. White woman w/ book deal + stellar reputation: *does same today*. Men:
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My friends who are not designers: "I don't understand, why do you have to write if you're a designer?". Me: oh my sweet summer child.
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@nerdyasians People keep saying it's not about race and just supports vs. leads. but why, if not race, are white guys the leads in a show set in Hawaii.
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first shot done! now wandering around cvs aimlessly for 15 min
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Jesus. My flight just landed and apparently they just announced that masks are no longer mandated on flights. All the boomers on the flight started cheering and throwing off their masks. Get me off of this circus.
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@MsKellyMHayes @roslyntalusan I was mugged in a diff country and police never found my belongings or caught the guys. The people who helped me were ordinary citizens: a couple on the street who tried to stop the thieves + got me to safety and the hotel manager who took me to the hospital + paid for my bills.
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This. I know a lot of ppl are loving Tina right now but this seems like doing the least while thinking it's the most
White privilege is being able to go back home and eat cake when shit gets too real.
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the other day Julius couldn't remember the title of "Home Alone" and called it "House Afraid" and I still haven't let him live it down.
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I feel for the $TWTR employees who are blocked from progress by leadership while simultaneously being used as their shield against criticism.
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Spent the afternoon judging a hackathon for @BlackGirlsCode and I'm telling you, these girls are going to change the world 💕✨
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While I think we should give credit where it's due, when people point out the voting patterns of black women vs. white women, it isn't to say "this is fine, black women got us" it's to say please 👏 do 👏 better 👏 and fix your families.
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They didn't have takeout cups so they gave me my Thai Iced Tea in a takeout soup container
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Last week I had the honor of interviewing and photographing some of my most inspiring colleagues at BuzzFeed: http://t.co/DBlcCWCjIf.
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If anyone's starting to think about making career moves in the new year, I'm looking for one senior and one intermediate designer to join my team on Shop Pay! I will even come out of management retirement to support & guide you 🥰.
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@yferji @pinkladyfoxx @AOC I don't understand, can you please explain what makes you assume the type of people mentioned above wouldn't be college educated and wouldn't be qualified? 😊.
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the calendly thread was so fucking entertaining, honestly I kind of miss when tech twitter was messy like that, it's been a few dry years with everyone worried about getting cancelled. happy 2 see that nature is healing 🥲.
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@lingerie_addict @divya The ironic part is that true skill with style/fashion would be demonstrated by the ability to make the same pieces of clothing work in many different ways 🤷🏻♀️ also if you feel good in something why wouldn’t you be excited to wear it again?.
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Hardest part about changing jobs that no one talks about is adapting to the different custom Slack emojis.
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My mom is a cancer survivor, single mother, came to the US knowing no english as a h.s. dropout and enabled her siblings to go to college in the US. I worry about her not bc she's weak but bc she's been so strong for so long and deserves to have peace at this point in her life.
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There's nothing wrong with prioritizing comfort and stability right now. Capitalism makes us think that if we aren't actively moving forward in our careers we're moving backwards. Ultimately that comes down to companies/managers to dispell that notion.
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Just got out of my last therapy session in NYC and wow 😭totally took for granted the benefit of the same person observing you for five years. Really cool to hear from her perspective how I've changed and grown (I grew! so validating).
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If anyone who identifies as a woman or URM wants to join a new FB group for designers that's drama free and chill, let me know!.
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