Something about this blog really rubbed me the wrong way. The whole piece gave me the impression of someone that is rather pretentious attempting to masquerade as being vulnerable.

I am also suspicious of some of the details that were omitted. One in particular -- how did the author happen to get an interview in the first place despite being 6 months into to maternity leave? The author stated that her husband worked for Amazon during that time. It's entirely possible neither her husband nor his network had any impact on the author getting an interview, but leaving out such a detail does conveniently help construct a certain narrative.

Also, the author was previously employed by a well known startup in the Seattle tech scene, that no one happens to have heard of, yet she was automatically placed into an L6 role? While the author pretends she is some sort of state schooled and misunderstood outsider that companies do not like to hire, I am not certain that is actually the case -- assuming there was no referral. In fact, she might be more of the opposite.

I believe it is unfair to judge a person I have never met based on a single blog post, however the general tone I am left with from this blog is that I would likely rather work at a Trader Joe's than a Big Tech company.