&gt; I don&#x27;t understand why the emphasis is on the tech community.<p>Because that&#x27;s the industry that the author (and presumably, most of us readers) are in.<p>&gt; If this were an automotive convention it would probably be worse.<p>Probably, but like... do you go to automotive conventions?  I don&#x27;t, so what goes on in them is really outside of anything I know about or can change.  So... I&#x27;m not sure the relevance.<p>&gt; Most of them probably have not had much interaction with the opposite sex and don&#x27;t even know how to initiate conversation.<p>Well, hopefully some of them will read this article and find out some things not to do.