Yeah, I don&#x27;t really understand this, either.<p>Most of the sales folks (just look at her resume..) I&#x27;ve worked with &#x27;look&#x27; like a non-technical person.  They absolutely  look like they&#x27;re trying to sell me something - whether it&#x27;s through mannerisms, appearance, attitude or way of speaking. I&#x27;m going to ask them if they&#x27;re technical if they&#x27;re giving non-technical vibes as they try to sell me a complicated piece of software. Why wouldn&#x27;t I? Why does it suddenly become sexist if she&#x27;s a woman?<p>One of the most impressively technically proficient sysadmins I&#x27;ve ever worked with was an extremely attractive, high-energy woman. She&#x27;s often not taken seriously because she&#x27;s a woman. How does she prove her gender isn&#x27;t a factor? She does good fucking work and never, EVER, brings her gender into it because it&#x27;s not relevant. That&#x27;s how gender equality gets solved, dammit.<p>I understand that she&#x27;s basically being treated as a piece of meat at these places.. But the focus of her article is that she&#x27;s not being treated seriously as a technical person at a tech conference, despite NOT being a technical person! Fluff and more fluff.