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This is probably the most genuine perspective I've read around women and black people in tech. It is refreshing to read actual experiences and views without gen

This is probably the most genuine perspective I've read around women and black people in tech. It is refreshing to read actual experiences and views without general vagaries. I can only hope that as a white male twentysomething I'm not contributing to these hostile environments. As a gay man her self-actualization at the end reminded me of my own coming out in high school and college. It sucks that some people have such a hard time coming to a place of self confidence like this, and I suspect some people who never experience this otherness never have the identity crisis that leads to it. It's certainly a diffult but interesting and ultimately rewarding experience having to think critically about your own identity.

mrottenkolber 12y ago
> It sucks that some people have such a hard time coming to a place of self confidence like this This. I never fit in anywhere, not because of color, gender or anything substantial really. I am just crazy stubborn and have a weird set of interests and world views. It never was a problem for me because I didn't even consider adapting. It was always an active and conscious choice to choose my own persona freely. I think the world would be a better place if everyone had a self-confidence boost. In our big organized world everybody feels so small and tends to treat himself poorly, which leads to them treating others poorly who then again feel smaller.