I hate feeling that my technical career suffers when I do D&I work, and I hate feeling that I can't do technical work effectively without facilitating D&I discussions

I don't have the luxury of being able to do exclusively technical work
"But you're developing strong communication skills that will help you succeed as a senior engineer"

Glue Work 101: by teaching senior+ engineers effective collaboration skills as an underserved minority, you are helping them get promoted in place of yourself.
"Focus on project work / achieving team goals"

Glue Work 201: Performance reviews avoid saying "you are doing too much D&I work" but will find other ways to criticize doing D&I work.
"Co-workers find it challenging to work with you" / "Your work would more impactful if you helped other teams understand the motivation"

Glue Work 301: If you stop doing glue work, they will find a way to penalize you, and they will avoid sexist tropes like "you're abrasive".
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