[erroneousfunk]

That's good to know! It's so hard to tell, having only the direct experience of being a single gender in the industry, what is normal and what isn't. I try to stay away from it, but some days, it seems like I'm filtering all my experiences through Medium blog posts about gender inequality and tech-conference-horror-story-of-the-day BS.

I might have to go back to front end work if that's really the hot thing everyone's clamoring for these days... (kidding! I love what I'm doing right now).

It's always interesting to hear about transgendered experiences in the sciences and programming. We need more points of view with control groups! ;)

[mreiland]

Maybe you should stop looking for gender inequality without direct evidence.

Crazy thought I know.

[erroneousfunk]

The point was that I wasn't actually looking. So many of the articles on HN, and on tech blogs/news sites around the Internet are about gender inequality. As a human being, I can only encounter so much of it before it starts to affect how I view and interpret events around me, without realizing it. "Are they asking me to be a speaker at this conference because I'll provide valuable knowledge to the attendees, or is this a 'token speaker' situation?" It gets to you, after a while, even if you're actively trying not too let it.

My whole point was that that situation is bad, and hearing experiences such as ones from MTF or FTM transgendered individuals in tech can be valuable. I don't see any reason for you to be a jerk about it here.

[mreiland]

I just watched you blame recruiter spam on your gender and you think the blame lies in all the talk online about gender inequality?

The blame lies squarely with you.