I am Jordan or Michelle-Depending On When You Met #IndieWeb Keynote

No interviews, barely getting email responses. Basically, I was ignored. In a minor fit of rage overnight, I copied my website, changed every reference to Michelle to use my middle name, Jordan, and put it up at a different domain. Took my resume, stripped out everything that made it pretty because if it's pretty, it's probably a girl. And, removed all of my leadership and volunteer experience like for Women Who Code. Within two weeks, I had four interviews.

The pressures of gender and the bias in work place. So glad we have people like Jordan and Michelle all fighting for the Me(s)

But people were getting confused because they'd go to my Jordan resume and go to my LinkedIn and it's Michelle. They're like, you don't know what you're doing, you can't even link to the right social pages. So, I ended up really having to do all-in and change my identity absolutely everywhere. I created new domain name. I had to change my Twitter. Get a new Twitter. New GitHub, new Instagram. All the things. Just to get a job. And, that is such bullshit.

Jordan is such a powerful role model to women everywhere.Thank your Jordan, You make us all better