Ask HN: Recommendation for the mom of a near-college-aged “tech geared” student?
Welcome! I&#x27;m a dad of 3. My oldest, a girl, not technically inclined, is going to college in the fall. My other two, one girl, one boy, are technical, and for them I think about these issues a lot.<p>FWIW, my strong advice for a parent, new to the industry, of a woman, is: do NOT get try to get caught up in the tech side of things, but instead attend to the human and culture side.<p>There are great things about tech and so many more women doing well these days but the awful truth is also that the tech industry can be uniquely terrible- there aren&#x27;t enough adjectives- for women. For men, too, of course but the industry continues to be dominated by misogynists.<p>I follow (terrible term) hundreds of brave tech women on twitter...and hearing (virtually) their voices and stories has been the most important education of my life.<p>Learn that side. And be there for your daughter to guide and support and provide human perspective when she encounters the dregs that this industry harbors.<p>Best wishes.