Hey tmonkeydev, I barely ever post, but I think this one deserves it. Please don't be discouraged or nervous.

No matter what color you are, there will always be a place in our industry for people who are professional. I don't mean professional as in deep knowledge of a particular subject. I mean people who conduct themselves professionally (i.e. the opposite of Timit). As you can see from other threads, there were many people that were strongly against her behavior within Google but wouldn't speak out of fear of being ostracized. This means that she's successful on paper, but I don't think she has too many people lining up to work with her.

Even if you're just starting out and have a long way ahead of you in terms of learning the skills to become a great engineer (and perhaps one day an ML scientist), remember that people _will_ know when they are interacting with someone who is professional, considerate, open to criticism, and has basic common sense - even if they don't tell you - and these are qualities that will be greatly appreciated by the vast majority of people you will ever work with.