How I, a woman in tech, benefited from sexism in Silicon Valley
As a women in tech i&#x27;m starting to see another of these posts and thing <i>URG</i> Another*<p>Give some some more interesting tech posts dammit!<p>I&#x27;ve suffered sexism everywhere - not just in tech. Maybe i&#x27;m different because I enjoy writing code on my weekends, enjoy looking up the latest machine learning tools - that I really just ignore the sexism, because I want to make more things.<p>As long as you&#x27;re not explicitly stopping me writing interesting things, say what you like about me. Stop me from writing stuff I want, and i&#x27;ll just leave with my hefty portfolio of diverse projects.<p>I was the kid in school who would play football with other guys who would try and stop me, I just learnt to play better than them, because I loved playing, more than I cared about their sexism.<p>(note, not trying to belittle anyone, I understand these are real issues and each story is different! Mine is in no way representitive).<p>But I hate the rhetoric even coming from women&#x27;s posts - that seems to put us down ourselves.<p>Even if there&#x27;s sexism, as i&#x27;ve encountered from a kid, I&#x27;m staying because I love to code and make new things and it&#x27;s a natural part of where the world is at the moment. I can change it, by staying and breaking people&#x27;s perceptions.