Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List on How Not to Fail
&gt;anecdotally I happen to be an extreme introvert, and the excessive socializing and advice or notion that if we have an environment where we can all be super girly like omg together is the vibe I get from alot of female focused events in tech. It&#x27;s actually overwhelming and makes me feel more out of place than not.<p>I&#x27;m just one more anecdote and a bit of a living edge case, but this has been painfully true for me as well. I deliberately avoid women in tech events&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;etc now because of how uncomfortable they tend to make me. Hearing &quot;tech&quot; talks about how it&#x27;s important for women to get hired because we&#x27;re just like, so in touch with our feelings and therefore we make great UX--incredibly demoralizing and othering for me.