I have the conversations you say do not happen with female developers and engineers every single day, online and offline. I've mentored and developed male and

I have the conversations you say do not happen with female developers and engineers every single day, online and offline. I've mentored and developed male and female engineers and technicians for decades, without any discrimination, harassment, or asking for their phone numbers. I don't care one whit about what gender an engineer or technician is, nor do I even know all the time online -- sometimes I find out years later, sometimes I never find out, but I've never cared. If you want to learn to code, join one of the free Udacity courses, or MIT or Harvard's free EdX courses, and learn, and write your projects. Nobody's going to stop you. Information is free. And you got a whole stack of useful responses to the post you just linked.