> It's hard to convince women to spend ten years becoming excellent programmers when their peers disrespect and harass them. The same thing happened to me, onl

> It's hard to convince women to spend ten years becoming excellent programmers when their peers disrespect and harass them. The same thing happened to me, only I started at 13 so I was more poorly equipped to deal with it. I learned anyway, because computers mesmerized me, and nothing that happened away from the keyboard could ever change that. Anyone capable of walking away really should, and go find their calling elsewhere, because this isn't it.