Tech is the best industry for women
I think tech represents a good implementation of a meritocracy. You are welcomed to be weird and yourself, as long as you get your work done.  Think about your coworkers-- you&#x27;ve got some weird ones. Dyed hair? Check. Burlesque dancing? Check. Gender non-conforming? Check. Goes to Burning Man? Check, check, self-check. Any of these things could get you fired from teaching kindergarten.<p>Let&#x27;s keep tech inclusive and accepting and weird.<p>---<p>Before switching to software, I was a Research Associate at the Fred Hutch. At one point my Principal Investigator told me point-blank: &quot;I don&#x27;t expect to help you or motivate you, the other Research Associate, or the PostDocs much, because you all get paid far more than the Grad Students.&quot;<p>Being a manager and giving a bit of excitement and motivation is so easy. It&#x27;s free! It&#x27;s free to have a positive attitude and be excited for your work and let that be infectious. Yet my boss just decided not to do it.  Academia biology research is so fucked.