Female GitHub Engineer Quits, Alleges Harassment”
Julie Ann Horvath, a prominent programmer at the online coding company GitHub, quit this week, announcing her move in scorching accusations against her former employer on Twitter.
'I've been harassed by 'leadership' at GitHub for two years. And I am the first developer to quit,' tweeted Horvath on Thursday. She also stated that she already has a new position at an unnamed company with a 'more healthy work environment,' and that her only regret is not quitting sooner.
'What I endured as an employee of GitHub was unacceptable, and went unnoticed by most,' she wrote. Horvath apologized for defending the company to 'feminists.'
And today, Horvath spoke with TechCrunch, giving a more detailed account of her complaints. Many center on a supposedly informal meeting with the wife of a co-founder, where the wife allegedly told Horvath not to publicly discredit the company, and said she had 'spies' within it.
The co-founder and HR got involved; the situation escalated and worsened.
But Horvath says it was watching male co-workers ogle female co-workers hula-hooping in the office that finally pushed her over the edge, convincing her to leave.
Horvath had previously addressed what she felt was discriminatory treatment at GitHub and in the coding industry. She founded Passion Projects, a series of lectures for GitHub employees and women interested in coding, aimed at 'celebrating incredible women in [the] industry' and providing role models.
She joined the company in 2012. GitHub was founded in 2008. Wikipedia describes it as ' a web-based hosting service for software development projects' with both free and premium options.
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