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> [I say this as an engineer: We are profoundly bad at asking ourselves how the things we build could be misused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-say-this-as-an-engineer-we-are-profoundly-bad-at-asking-ourselves/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/brianna-wu-6004_bad_i-say-this-as-an-engineer-we-are-profoun_1204800.jpg)

> [I am a software engineer, a popular public speaker, and an expert in the Unreal engine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-am-a-software-engineer-a-popular-public-speaker-and-an-expert-in/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/brianna-wu-6004_engine_i-am-a-software-engineer-a-popular-publi_2069880.jpg)

> [I don't want to be a hardware engineer. That seems like a terrible job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-hardware-engineer-that-seems-like-a-terrible-job/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/brianna-wu-6004_computers_i-don-t-want-to-be-a-hardware-engineer-t_2818022.jpg)

## Other authors on Engineer

## More by Brianna Wu

> [The BBC called me 'defiant' in a caption. I plan to frame and put it on my wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/the-bbc-called-me-defiant-in-a-caption-i-plan-to-frame-and-put-it-on/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [I don't regret standing up to Gamergate at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-don-t-regret-standing-up-to-gamergate-at-all/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [What's the fundamental problem that VR solves better than anything? To me it's straightforward. It's story. VR tells stories better than any medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/what-s-the-fundamental-problem-that-vr-solves-better-than-anything-to/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [Let's not glamorize abuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/let-s-not-glamorize-abuse/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [Most members of Gamergate, the alt-right movement best known for harassing women in the game industry, operate under a veil of anonymity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/most-members-of-gamergate-the-alt-right-movement-best-known-for/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [I have an unfortunate history with Ethan Ralph. Like many women in the game industry, I've been doxed by him multiple times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-have-an-unfortunate-history-with-ethan-ralph-like-many-women-in-the/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [In 1999, I was running my first tech start-up and learning the Unreal Engine, the tool that would define my career as a game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/in-1999-i-was-running-my-first-tech-start-up-and-learning-the-unreal/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [Ordinarily, I develop videogames with female characters that aren't girlfriends, bimbos and sidekicks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/ordinarily-i-develop-videogames-with-female-characters-that-aren-t/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [Since Gamergate, many women I know are reluctant to speak publicly on gender issues, because they fear - rightly - that they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/since-gamergate-many-women-i-know-are-reluctant-to-speak-publicly-on/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [A lot of people don't know this about me but actually I started in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/a-lot-of-people-don-t-know-this-about-me-but-actually-i-started-in/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [The truth is, the game industry is a really incredibly difficult place for women to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/the-truth-is-the-game-industry-is-a-really-incredibly-difficult-place/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [In some ways, the real damage of Gamergate is pushing the public's idea of sexism so far to the extreme, that changes in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/in-some-ways-the-real-damage-of-gamergate-is-pushing-the-public-s/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [Gamergate isn't the problem - it's a symptom of an industry that is deeply sexist and unable to understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/gamergate-isn-t-the-problem-it-s-a-symptom-of-an-industry-that-is/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [With my company, Giant Spacekat, I was very angry about the lack of games that portrayed women positively in the video game industry, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/with-my-company-giant-spacekat-i-was-very-angry-about-the-lack-of/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

> [I love people that kind of have those life experiences that take them different places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wu/i-love-people-that-kind-of-have-those-life-experiences-that-take-them/)

[Brianna Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wu/)

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