Gabe Westmaas
@westmaas
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Head of Engineering, Product, and Design @anrok he/him
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2008
This is where I've been spending a lot of my time lately. I'm campaigning for Jennifer Chen, one of the candidates running against the right-wing movement described here. If you're local, join the effort to protect and advocate for DEIB in our community. https://t.co/EGbIuiJYfL
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Coordinated campaigns, outside money and Trump ties have transformed two East Bay school...
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I'm going to be interviewed by @randizuckerberg!
TODAY at 12pm ET - @RandiZuckerberg is BACK! 🔥Women in Tech🔥 - @DressXcom on Digital Fashion & Supporting Ukraine🇺🇦 - @TaskRabbit on Biases Women in Tech Face - @Instacart on Empowering Women-Owned Businesses - @CEEK on Unlocking New Worlds #Metaverse🌎 🔊#SiriusXM132🔊
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Thank you to @HacksAthena at @USC for inviting me as the keynote to kick off this year’s hackathon. Incredible to see 100+ women (trans and non-binary inclusive) show up as a strong community to support learning and self-development. Y’all inspire me. The future is bright ✨
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🚀#WomenInTech Leaders To Watch in 2022: Amy Truong @amyt is a VP of Engineering at @TaskRabbit, where she is responsible for technical leadership and engineering execution. ⭐️See the full list here: https://t.co/5Hr02yoWao
#womenleaders #chiefintech #executivewomen
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We are back for day two of #CheckrForward! Right now, our SVP of Engineering, @westmaas, is giving the opening keynote on Product Innovation for the Future of Work. You can still listen in! Register here: https://t.co/xhQghg2fb4
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Platform for recruitment background check @checkr reaches $4.6 billion valuation with new $250 million funding round https://t.co/anXmHFayZt via @technology @Katie_Roof @BloombergDeals
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Checkr, a technology platform for employment background checks, has raised $250 million in a financing round that more than doubles its valuation from earlier this year.
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We cover building a diverse hiring pipeline, approaching DE&I holistically, success beyond metrics, balancing headcount demand w/ DE&I goals, holding execs accountable & more! With @ragini_holloway SVP People@Affirm & @westmaas VPE @checkr Listen Here:
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This ELC Hiring Summit special feature covers building a diverse hiring pipeline! You’ll hear how to approach DE&I holistically & what success looks like beyond the metrics. Plus how to balance...
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Thoughts on developer productivity: “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” (Quote from inspirational speaker Alexander den Heijer)
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It’s not every day you get to work at a women-led company. Today I’m excited and honored to join @TaskRabbit and work alongside these fierce women leaders. https://t.co/Ir1ulkZrOJ
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I’m reminded of this thread I wrote several years ago. I’m feeling it really strongly today. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHateCrimes
When I was in 2nd grade, we moved to a good neighborhood with a great school in Plano TX. Some kids didn’t like it and vandalized our house.
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March 16 (Reuters) - Eight people, including at least six Asian women, were shot dead at three day spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area on Tuesday, police said, and man suspected of carrying out all of the attacks has been taken into custody. https://t.co/gyZHkOwwUn
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Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern...
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Some folks have been asking more about what to do wrt to the uptick in violence against Asians. For starters, recognizing it’s a problem helps. Caring about your Asian friends and colleagues isn’t mutually exclusive from caring about any other marginalized group.
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A brief history of anti-Asian violence and xenophobia in the United States:
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Aw shucks :blush:
.@amyt is VP of Engineering at @Patreon. Prior to Patreon, she worked at Planet, where she was most recently Senior Director of Product Engineering. Amy is one of our 60 Engineering Leaders To Watch in 2020! See the whole list: https://t.co/X5d1r1qW8r
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Exciting! We love feedback
We enabled Flagr ( https://t.co/0J5Dt6hUwt) this week at Sentry. Thanks @zhouzhuojie and @checkr for open sourcing this!
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My friend starts her first software engineering job today, after learning to program in prison. Here's how she got the job, and how you can help more people like her get jobs after getting out: First, let's be clear that my friend served 13 years for a serious, violent crime.
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