[groby_b]

As a woman in tech - the existence of role models is important. They often get lost in the noise. Having them pointed out in a separate post is nice. It's not like they're taking away precious bits from male founders :)

And our industry sure could use a bit more diversity, so attracting non-male (and/or non-white) people to work in it is a good idea.

And I'm not saying that because it'd be nice to have a few more women around, so things wouldn't be quite as lonely - there's a clear benefit to diversity. See e.g. https://infocus.credit-suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuse...

Why it is especially important in areas that require innovation: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/hr_neale_groupdive...

[jami]

Judging by the username, you are preaching to the head of the choir on women belonging in tech. Her point about getting attention for the wrong reasons is a fair one, as is yours about role models. Who knows what's ideal, besides continuing to prove we can do this stuff.

[groby_b]

I'm curious how my username would trigger that thought?

I also had no idea caseorganic was a woman :)

[jami]

Whoops, I meant that judging by c.o.'s username, we're all on Team More Ladies In Tech Good. I recognized her username because with more time, I would have liked to use her company's API on a project I worked on.