I've noticed this as well in the compilers community. Essentially every woman I know in this area is MtF. I can't back this up with science, but my feeling is

I've noticed this as well in the compilers community. Essentially every woman I know in this area is MtF. I can't back this up with science, but my feeling is that because neurodivergence/autism occur at higher rates in males than females, and ND brains are better at abstract reasoning inherent in programming, male born people are drawn to it. I also believe this accounts for the overrepresentation of MtF trans women, because there is definitely an intersection of autism and transgenderism. Which is really ironic because Zuckerberg, Musk, and Gates are all definitely on the spectrum. The current tech power center was created almost entirely by queer autistic neurodivergent weirdos.