This essay is dripping with self pity. I do not care that you're a woman, I do not care that you have a PhD, I do not care that you used to be a barista. You ca

This essay is dripping with self pity. I do not care that you're a woman, I do not care that you have a PhD, I do not care that you used to be a barista. You can be technical if you apply that label to yourself. You cannot force others to apply that label to you, so why define yourself by their perception? For what it's worth (very little), there are many of us for which the technical label means strictly "expertise in X domain".