Anne T. Griffin
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Announcement: I just launched a YouTube channel to go with my innovation blog. In this first video, I explore the significance of AI as a driver of power and innovation in the 21st century. Click the YouTube link to view.
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The best advice I have for others based on the lessons I’ve learned this year: when the future is uncertain, really invest in yourself. The only thing certain about your future is that you will be in it.
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I’m noticing that a lot of people are really burnt out right now from the combo of work, life, and being over a year into this pandemic. If you feel like you’re barely hanging on, you are not alone. I’m hearing this from everyone and everywhere.
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@RembertDesigns
My theory is that she wanted a Super Bowl commercial for her new album and was like “I ain’t paying for this myself.”
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Being a dope af Black woman in tech with an engineering degree who has lectured about AI and blockchain at places like Columbia and West Point.
Also, entirely composed this tweet to share one of my new photos.
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Two of the most dangerous things about me: I believe in myself, and I make other people believe in themselves.
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New phrase I used today: “trauma debt”. The level of trauma someone has incurred in the process of achieving something. Social media shows you the highlights, but you don’t know the trauma that person incurred getting there or why they chose to move forward in spite of it.
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One of my pet peeves is when people assume I don’t know something and then overexplain it. The more the overexplaining goes on, the more I’m annoyed that the other person made the assumption I don’t know the thing they are explaining.
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One of the things
@safiyanoble
covers in her book is how Google’s algorithm wouldn’t show natural Black womens hair in results for “professional” hair style searches. With Gen AI, we are seeing more what happens when you create AI with biased datasets (yes the internet).
i tried the AI linkedin/curriculum picture generator and this was the result. The pictures i gave for reference are simple selfies of my face ONLY. But still, the AI oversexualized me due to my features that have been fetishized for centuries. AI is biased for POC. I’m horrified
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So many Black women on here who have made $1 million this year already or are on track to by the end of the year. I love it here. Me next for 2021.
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I’ve been having so many “wow, I used to dream of this” moments lately. Life is never perfect, but wow it’s given me so much to be grateful for and moments of awe.
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If I ever have my own company, I feel like I’d create this thing in addition to PTO called “Recess”. Random half days not a part of PTO that aren’t pre-planned where it’s just too beautiful out so you take half the day to go outside. Or maybe just stay inside & read or Netflix.
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Tomorrow is my first day teaching a class at Columbia University! 😊😊😊
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One of my biggest goals in 2022 is to be more focused on my own lane.
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Twitter is a whole educational platform for business if you are following the right people.
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The older I get, the more I understand how much of life is really you against yourself. And learning how to get around your own self is a major key.
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@ParissAthena
I would never get on this, but I strongly identify with the loudest scream at the very end. Her soul sounded like it was grasping to stay on Earth in her body. Every part of this video is a no for me.
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Left my last company 1 yr ago. People still reach out to me to tell me about the impact I had. Today someone texted me to let me know one of my former engineers publicly credited me in front of hundreds for inspiring him to do the work he’s doing now with the ERG he created. 💜
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Wrote a very personal email to myself last year on NYE, and scheduled it to be delivered NYE this year. I don’t really remember what I wrote to myself, and I’m so excited to read it. Excited to write another one of these to my future self. ❤️
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When I become leadership at a company level one day, one of my goals is to make it and/or maintain it as one of the healthiest work cultures of any company period. It’s one of my life goals.
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This is your reminder that Canva has vision board templates if you want to create your own between now and the new year.
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Reminder: we are very close to the shortest, darkest day of the year. And you lived through another year of pandemic which included loss of people and loss of some of the things you hoped you do. Support and protect your mental health at all costs. Prioritize you.
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I’m still not over the Burna Boy concert from Saturday. What a phenomenal experience. Absolutely need to see him perform again.
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My mom is white. My dad is Black. When my mom finally told her dad about her relationship with my dad and her plans to marry him, her dad told her not to marry him. My mom married him anyways, never spoke to her father ever again. Wasn’t even invited to the funeral.
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Good morning! Pro-tip: when you get a new certification or complete a class, when you use the “celebrating a new certificate,” make sure you include the key things you learned. It lets your network know what new skills or enhanced skills you have that align with opportunities.
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I need Atlassian to create a feature that takes PRDs and tech documentation from Confluence and writes epics and tickets in Jira, and properly links all of it. Sends an email when it’s done for you to review and refine ahead of grooming.
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While there are many women who need and want webinars on confidence and advocating for yourself, I’m exhausted of them and just want you to pay me more.
I just don’t need more of those workshops for myself. I can’t confidence myself out of systematic wage suppression.
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Tech ethics is for everyone. Not just tech ethicists. Not just for researchers. Not just for public figures. It’s for everyone, but especially the people building it, and definitely for those with the power of “yes or no” in startups and corporations.
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Got a few big no’s in the last couple weeks related to some things I was really excited about. I’m choosing to reflect on “if you’re not failing, you’re not trying.”
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If you are in NYC, I have a Black owned brunch spot for you to go try out. Pig & Butter. They have outdoor dining (I’m still not doing indoor). I had “The Conductor” which is perfectly fried chicken, candied bacon, and a fried egg between two cornbread pancakes. Perfection.
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So, I’m a part of this incredible community called
@scalemyhustle
that shares a lot of great insights on creating a side-hustle (and full-time hustles) and scaling. And today I won the Scale My Hustle Ambassador community award. I learn so much from the other members. ❤️🥰
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I truly need a proper vacation. Not just a “stayed in the house but didn’t do work” thing.
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Went to my first
@proof_xyz
@moonbirds
@oddities_xyz
event today. As an introvert, and a semi-anti-social person, I have to say the holders are so kind and friendly. I stayed way longer than I planned to and actually enjoyed meeting other holders.
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Now more than ever you need to be relentless in protecting your energy.
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I am amazed workplaces are acting like nothing happened yesterday and we’re not even going to acknowledge it.
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I think the pandemic has made me more anti-social. 😂
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I take 2-4 courses a year. And read for fun and for development. And then I actually apply what I learned. It’s what keeps me competitive and makes me dangerous (in a good way).
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Just got word that my class Jumpstart Your AI Career had over 1000 people registered! While many people will watch via the recording, I’m so blown away from the early feedback from the live event. O’Reilly said they normally get about 500 registrants per class. Very grateful.
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You may feel everyone got their ish together once vaccinations were more accessible, but the reality is we just started a new phase of the pandemic, and we still haven’t rest and reset from the start of the pandemic. All that trauma is still unhealed and impacting everyone.
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I had a dream where a group of women told me to invest in a sex tech company. Now that I’m awake, I’m like, that actually sounds like a very good idea.
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Hi new web3 followers! I'm Anne, and I'm a product manager who loves emerging tech (AI & blockchain/web3) & tech ethics. I'm a full time product manager, on the side I work on a few side projects and also advise startups. With web3, I started getting involved in 2017.
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🎉 Announcement: Q1 2022,
@ashtynabell
and I are dropping a podcast on product & tech from our own point of views. And as two product people who have both worked in blockchain, web3 will be discussed heavily (though not exclusively). Stay tuned!
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Hi Twitter network,
One of my mentees, a Black woman product manager w/ an engin degree who has been interning as a PM since she graduated from undergrad this Spring, is looking for new opportunities.
Message me if you have opportunities and I’ll send info.
#BlackTechTwitter
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If you’re reading this, don’t feel pressure to magically be having a great Summer if you’re not. It’s okay if you’re having a burnt out and exhausted Summer. Literally cancel everything that isn’t contributing to the bills, joy, and health to protect yourself.
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One of the proudest things I’ve ever done through my coaching program was help a woman who hadn’t had full time dev work in 2 years get a full time role she was excited about. In the last 8 months she’s been promoted and received two raises. 💖
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No lie, I’m loving that tech Twitter is roasting companies for their lengthy interviews that people study 6 months for that leave people feeling like shit after going through the process.
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It’s even worse when I try to explain to the person I do know what they’re explaining, and they still continue on.
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Strongly recommend using your weekend to put a mental health plan in place for the upcoming week.
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@Mochievous
Jollof rice is heavenly and you will not convince me (as someone who was only introduced to it as an adult) that it isn’t that deep.
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👋🏽 Hi, for those of you who are new to following me. I’m Anne. My day job is as a product manager at a Fortune 500 company. Been in this game 10+ years. I’m also a product expert and public speaker in AI, blockchain, tech ethics, and in product management overall.
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If you are job hunting right now, two very important things for your LinkedIn:
- Your keywords better be on point and based off the skills the roles you want are looking for
- I know everyone hates this, but you need to be on LinkedIn posting once a week
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I’m really angry, upset, frustrated, sad, and hurt about what happened/is happening to
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When it comes to racists in the family, cutting off that part of the family is just necessary. My mom has no regrets. My dad didn’t have to deal with racist in-laws. I didn’t have to deal with people in the family who didn’t love and embrace me completely.
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I feel there is an opportunity for someone or some org to train organizations and individuals in async communication. In 2021, I had more meetings than ever, and it burnt me out and drained me.
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I want to be in a group chat of Black women trying to make a million or already making a million per year in their business. I want to learn and I want to contribute.
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gm! So proud to share the first published paper that I’m an author on:
The Future of Facial Recognition and its Impact on Minorities
@FSICoalition
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One thing about me: I will always prioritize living my best life.
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I just got the official feedback from the Jumpstart Your AI Career class I taught through O’Reilly, and baby, it is STELLAR! So many 10 out of 10s! (10 10 10 across the board!)
I’m so EXCITED to teach this again in February. Adding more industry specific examples and resources.
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@timnitGebru
Hi Timnit, I realize you know tons of people in tech and data science, but if there is anything I can ever help you with or anyone I can connect you to, let me know. I’m a big fan of your work. Happy to connect on LinkedIn too. My LinkedIn name is the same as my username here.
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In other news, had a major launch at work today for something I spent over a year working on. I am excited and relieved. It was incredibly complex, and had so many stakeholders, dependencies, and moving parts, that after working on it for so long, I can barely believe it’s out.
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I really launched a new business and built a new course in a pandemic. 😭❤️
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So my bio is out of date, and the curriculum is changing from what you see listed here (working w/ O’Reilly on this, no more Libra or Ripple), but I’m teaching Business Applications of Blockchain again in a few weeks. First time since 2019. Limited space.
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11 years ago, I moved to NYC. The Midwest may have raised me, but NY made me. So many of the blessings in my life are because of this city. When I moved here, I was at one of my lowest points, & the city embraced me & I embraced it with an open heart. It only got better. ❤️
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I sincerely dislike the discord UI and it’s a displeasure every time I open and use the app.
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So
@techgirl1908
doesn’t need this because she is phenomenal all on her own, but I wish every time before she gets on stage she had a hype woman to make sure everyone knows what a legend they have amongst them and get their energy to the level her talks deserve.
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@JoshuaOgundu
Dropping this in the thread for who are Black in product or are aspiring to be in product:
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So, I’m in the most recent episode of
#RetroTech
on
@YouTube
talking about robots! Watch the episode below.
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I learned how to attract opportunities to me while I was working at a job I really disliked. Instead of hoping someone would take a chance on me, I started going to meetups on subjects I was passionate about. Taking classes that weren’t required. Importantly sharing my progress.
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I’m really about to teach AI to pre-college students at Columbia this month! 🙏🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
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I’d love my next role to be Head of Product at a startup with really great founders.
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Bought myself flowers to celebrate the first week of the new year.
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When you don’t reflect how far you’ve come, you continue to take on the same things from the level you are already on or things you don’t notice no longer fit, rather than beginning to make room for the next level. Pause, slowdown, and reflect.
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This month is my 10 year New York-eversary. I really feel like my life began when I moved to New York and I could be my full self. So grateful for this city and the life, love, joy, and opportunities it has given me. ❤️
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Going to add: the level of gate keeping in product management is disgusting. And the stories I hear from Black women PMs when they interview are heartbreaking. I’ve seen it destroy mental health. I’ve experienced it, but because of colorism I don’t have it as bad. It’s appalling.
Think about how many Black PMs you have worked with...and then think about how many Black women PMs you have worked with
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I feel like I’m at a place in my life where I can really invest in my mind, health, wellness, and career the way I really, really want to and I feel so blessed and incredibly grateful. 🙏🏽
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I’ve been thinking more on this, and my dream job is:
✅ 4 days a week.
✅ Remote
✅ Company that values ethics
✅ Great manager who loves being a manager and is a good communicator
✅ B2C company
✅ 20 day PTO minimum
✅ Paid holidays
✅ REALLY good healthcare & dental
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My new favorite interaction with people is telling them I want to make 7 figures and them not pausing or batting an eyelash. It’s like I said I want an ice cream cone on a Summer day. It seems normal to them and doesn’t need to be questioned.
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Just know, if you ever send me a message with specific and sincere compliments in it, I’m going to sit there and re-read it like 20 times, get in my feelings, probably cry, re-read it again, go hug my husband, and re-read it one more time before I reply. Default response.
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One of my biggest pet peeves is people coming to meetings completely unprepared after slack convos and email threads.
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Breonna Taylor should be alive, posting about getting her first or second vaccine.
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@ParissAthena
Fat shaming and food shaming. It’s none of her business what anyone eats regardless of their body.
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Black people deserve to grow old and live happy and healthy lives.
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Beyoncé basically got Verizon to pay for her to do an album announcement during the Super Bowl. She dropped the actual album promo online at the same time her Verizon ad was running.
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@capital_sb
One example: they were told not to go into the basement. But, the power went out while one of them was using an appliance. So they went to the basement to the breaker to switch it back on. Host immediately sent them a note “I know you went in the basement.”
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Make including a note with your LinkedIn request one of your New Year’s resolutions.
Only exception should be people you know very well and know they know who you are, or you had a 1:1 meeting with them in the last month.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but you are valued as you are. Even outside of your job. Outside of your commitments. You as a human have value no matter how many times people try to make you feel like you don’t.
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Top two things I learned from
@Mochievous
: how to build and interact with online communities, and story telling and connection via email list and social.
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I feel the promise of a “hot vax Summer” also punked a lot of people out. For some it may have felt like a “promise” to be able to finally rest & recover from the pandemic, & it felt like a punch in the gut to not receive the respite from the last year & some change of pandemic.
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Making a travel “must see” list for my next 10 years. Please send me your favorite places you have been, and why it left a lasting impact on you. Or send me places you haven’t been yet but are on your bucket list.
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MLK is not a feel good story. It is uncomfortable. It is political. It is one demanding justice. It is one of isolation. He died knowing his work was incomplete & leaving a family behind. Use the story to spur you into action, not as a comforting warm blanket to wrap yourself in.
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Thank you
@Gemini
‘s Womeni and Black Gem groups for having me this evening for the first ever web3 edition of my talk Human First, Product Second! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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Bought one of my best friends a Delta gift card for her bday. So many of my friends have enough material stuff. I’m trying to support their travel addictions and help them have more memorable experiences.
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Idea: pizza places that hold book clubs on slower days of the week so it’s pretty much just an adult book-it pizza party.
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