I work at GitHub (started there less than a year ago). This whole experience has been painful to me as I really enjoy my job and the people I work with. As a Jew, this made me feel unsafe and I initially felt like I had watch myself and what I said just because of who I am. In a way I’m lucky, because this is the first I have ever felt like this since I became an adult, but it still sucks.
After the initial fuck up, I think management has been generally doing the right thing. I can’t say I’m happy with the way things turned out, but I am willing to let things slide for now and just focus on my job. No one inside the company defended the firing and I’m willing to believe this was an anomalous mistake (at least no one admits to it). I’ll be wary going forward, though.
