I am not sure whether it is still necessary for me to reply to this given that the post has been heavily downvoted and the original poster of the “common knowledge facts” about Leverage has edited their post to note that they regret their mention of Geoff’s dating history in the thread as it has taken people clearly off in the wrong direction.
Just in case anyone is reading this without the relevant context and has any doubts:
No. I am not in, nor have I ever been in, anything remotely resembling “a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders”. I am in a committed, long-term, monogamous relationship with Kerry Vaughan, who also works at Leverage Research but is someone that I met and began dating at my previous job, well before either of us started work at Leverage. During hiring it was public knowledge we were in a long-term relationship.
I like and greatly respect Geoff Anders as a manager, colleague, and friend. I find the various insinuations being made on this forum particularly sad because, out of various communities I’ve been involved in and different work environments I’ve been in, the people I’ve interacted with at Leverage Research (both my current colleagues and the people I’ve met who worked at Leverage in the past) are amongst the most thoughtful and respectful people I’ve come across.
Now, I am prepared to answer questions of this type occasionally and share details of my personal life because of my professional role at Leverage Research and because not everyone reading this comment will have the context. That said, it is important to note that I agree with Ben Pace’s comment that this question and questions like it are in general inappropriate. I do not think it should be the case that any community can demand such personal information of their community members, let alone individuals who are only forced to interact with said community because others have written misleading posts about them.
I am not sure whether it is still necessary for me to reply to this given that the post has been heavily downvoted and the original poster of the “common knowledge facts” about Leverage has edited their post to note that they regret their mention of Geoff’s dating history in the thread as it has taken people clearly off in the wrong direction.
Just in case anyone is reading this without the relevant context and has any doubts:
No. I am not in, nor have I ever been in, anything remotely resembling “a non-platonic relationship with the Executive Director of Leverage Research, Geoff Anders”. I am in a committed, long-term, monogamous relationship with Kerry Vaughan, who also works at Leverage Research but is someone that I met and began dating at my previous job, well before either of us started work at Leverage. During hiring it was public knowledge we were in a long-term relationship.
I like and greatly respect Geoff Anders as a manager, colleague, and friend. I find the various insinuations being made on this forum particularly sad because, out of various communities I’ve been involved in and different work environments I’ve been in, the people I’ve interacted with at Leverage Research (both my current colleagues and the people I’ve met who worked at Leverage in the past) are amongst the most thoughtful and respectful people I’ve come across.
Now, I am prepared to answer questions of this type occasionally and share details of my personal life because of my professional role at Leverage Research and because not everyone reading this comment will have the context. That said, it is important to note that I agree with Ben Pace’s comment that this question and questions like it are in general inappropriate. I do not think it should be the case that any community can demand such personal information of their community members, let alone individuals who are only forced to interact with said community because others have written misleading posts about them.