Oh, I'm sure I get mistake for a recruiter more than the average female engineer. That's not really the point. The point is that gender adds difficulty in esta

Oh, I'm sure I get mistake for a recruiter more than the average female engineer. That's not really the point. The point is that gender adds difficulty in establishing technical credibility. A different female programmer might have trouble with a different aspect of this. For example, Chloe Alpert said how investor have trouble believing that she's the dev (https://twitter.com/chloealpert/status/509071535098052609 https://twitter.com/chloealpert/status/509071535098052609) and how some other people were confused that she was the dev (https://twitter.com/chloealpert/status/509069378575695872 https://twitter.com/chloealpert/status/509069378575695872). She might have more trouble than other female devs because she's cofounded a business with a man. Does that mean that the whole gender doesn't matter? No. In other words, my experience might be that people lump me in as a recruiter specifically. Someone else might be assumed to be the non-technical cofounder. Someone else might get assumed to be a marketer. Or a designer. Or whatever. Point is - gender bias is real.