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Women might have had a little more insight on navigating the 98% male world of tech as a female founder. I think the dinner's a great idea and hate to criticiz
by jbooth 16y ago
Women might have had a little more insight on navigating the 98% male world of tech as a female founder. I think the dinner's a great idea and hate to criticize YC for trying to do a good thing (good on them for trying in general), but some successful women (from outside the YC diaspora if there aren't enough in it) could be more encouraging and englightening, given the topic.
- mindcrime 16y agoSure, I said in another comment that one would expect - intuitively if nothing else - to find some female founders. But that section reads like the OP found it to be some horrible, horrible thing just because - due to circumstance - all the advisers were male and the attendees were female; and went off on what felt like a bit of a weird digression. Balance of power? Not being treated like a peer? I'm just saying that if you're at an event where you are - by nature - positioned in something of a "advisee" or "student" role, that you are in the "advisee" or "student" role regardless of your gender. And sometimes it's ok to put the ego aside, quit worrying about getting the other person to accept you, respect you, or whatever, and just listen and learn. I mean, nobody likes being talked down to, or patronized, right? I think that's something that transcends gender. But sometimes we accept it because there's something to be gained.
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