Her Edge: This One’s for the Onlys
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A personal account of being the 'Only' — the only woman, the only person at your level, the only one without a shared history — in a tech leadership role. Drawing from experience as Director of Engineering at Arctic Wolf, the author describes the isolation of navigating a team revolt with no peer who truly understands the situation. The post explores why bosses, teammates, and family can't fill that gap, and hints at how building external support systems can ease the loneliness of being an Only.
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