Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Outtake #3: Survival

A third outtake from my September 16 piece:

Some things that helped me survive as a mathematician were:

I was oblivious to the sexism for a long time. (Unfortunately, once you learn what it looks like, it's hard to unlearn.) In particular, it took me a long time to figure out how many colleagues viewed me as part of their personal lives and not their professional lives.

I also learned to document things and save evidence. Don't count on being believed; have proof.