The good news is you set yourself up for opportunity. You can choose how to play it out. I will say being the undercover conservative does add some spice. Agreed on the work ethic aspect - hard to excel while being a saboteur.
many of us in the tech fields are in the same boat - dont let them push you out. I've had 2 hour diversity and inclusion meetings and trainings. Just go through the motions with them on mute, click here, click there. dont let them win, dont give in. lay low - we are in silicon valley, we are in hollywood, we are everywhere - dont be baited into giving up your dreams.
This may seem like a good way but some work communities are really small - hell I’ve quadrupled my salary while moving between teams and connections I made years ago. Why risk future opportunities just to reveal your hand? Yes I’ll work with people whose ideologies I detest because it is an end to a means - and being ostracized as a “bigot” does not achieve that goal. We are not dealing with people thinking rationally.