Shine theory, or “you can’t take the sky from me.”

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In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m dusting off a blog post I created in 2017 in my old blog, Pragmatic Agilist, which I retired in 2018. For more information, see also the official shine theory home page. Here’s an excerpt:

I feel discouraged that one of today's key approaches to women getting ahead in their careers involves the individual woman fine-tuning her gender presentation, becoming more assertive if she is super soft-spoken (Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office), and being quieter if she is perceived as pushy ("The Secret of Success is Femininity"). To succeed in IT, you need to be Supergirl, it appears, disguised as Lois Lane. Some of us can't squeeze into either costume.

Enter "Shine Theory," cutting directly to the heart of the Gordian knot.

Read the whole post here.