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I wrote a Quora answer about this, based on some material I found from HN commenter "amyjess": https://www.quora.com/Why-do-many-transgender-women-work-in-the-I

by amysox 2y ago

I wrote a Quora answer about this, based on some material I found from HN commenter "amyjess": https://www.quora.com/Why-do-many-transgender-women-work-in-the-IT-industry/answer/Amy-Bowersox https://www.quora.com/Why-do-many-transgender-women-work-in-... To summarize: It's a combination of the culture and the way that various overlapping subcultures are viewed by society.

tstrimple 2y ago
These kids from hackers are quite welcoming of weirdness as long as you've got the skills to hang. https://i.imgur.com/w1mNGHZ.png https://i.imgur.com/w1mNGHZ.png I'm not trans, but I have to imagine that sort of acceptance is the goal. I wonder the degree to which our media portrayal of hacker subculture has influenced the desire among certain demographics / subcultures to gravitate towards those jobs.