I'm sure you've noticed the news that the industry has a bit of a harassment problem, right? As for the "never experienced" - you're lucky. Or just didn't see.

I'm sure you've noticed the news that the industry has a bit of a harassment problem, right? As for the "never experienced" - you're lucky. Or just didn't see. I've worked at openly sexist companies, I've worked with teams that had a regular lunch at a strip club, and I've seen a lot of the "oh, girls can't code" bullshit. I've seen black and latinx people completely excluded from team activities. A lot of the people doing that weren't aware of what they were doing, but that doesn't excuse it. And if you look at things like the Petri Multiplier[1], it will help you understand why minorities are more affected by this than majorities. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrie_multiplier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrie_multiplier