As the other female on the team, I've always found my chromosomal makeup to be a huge advantage rather than a disadvantage (especially after establishing some l

As the other female on the team, I've always found my chromosomal makeup to be a huge advantage rather than a disadvantage (especially after establishing some level of technical competence). Despite my own belief in merit over affirmative action, it's one of the biggest tools in my toolkit, frankly. Where males have nepotism, we have novelty and the promise of good PR. I would even go so far as to say it may give us a net advantage over all-male teams. I am not going to hypothesize on this converse. However, having evaluated the team, I'll just leave this here[1]. [1]: http://www.businessinsider.com/attractive-people-are-more-successful-2012-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/attractive-people-are-more-su...