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How do women react when they hear you're in the tech industry? I think that would be more enlightening than how a majority acts around a minority and would shed
by joyeuse6701 13y ago
How do women react when they hear you're in the tech industry? I think that would be more enlightening than how a majority acts around a minority and would shed some light on whether there is anecdotal credibility to the author's point about preference between the genders determining societal positions.
- marquis 13y agoI get called by most of my women friends to fix their computer problems or for technical purchasing advice, almost never by men unless it's related to work and I'm the expert on the topic. Anecdote-wise I have a million stories about what it's like to be known socially as a technical person: I'm not sure most of those stories are any different from what it's like to be a technical person in any otherwise non-technical environment. One thing that is quite special in my life: I have the honour to be around several young girls via my family and friends, and they don't treat me any different at all and often tell me pointedly how they know more about their devices than I do (I don't play games so they delight in showing me the details and beating me).