I think the reason the overall picture painted of women in tech is bleak because the typical experience of being a woman in the tech industry is bleak. Women are scared away from tech by their experience in tech, not by tech&#x27;s reputation, so I&#x27;m not surprised there aren&#x27;t more Lea&#x27;s out there.<p>Women who quit the tech industry (56%) do so at a significantly higher rate than they do in science (47%)  and engineering (39%) (&quot;HBR Research Report: The Athena Factor:Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology&quot; -- and I&#x27;ll add that the report is good about addressing why childcare and the heavy workloads don&#x27;t entirely account for the quit rate.)<p>Quit rates in the industry shouldn&#x27;t be higher than other STEM industries. Even if you grant a pipeline problem, in which case sharing positive stories about women in tech improves the situation, once women are involved, positive stories can&#x27;t impact how they are treated. The quit rate suggests it&#x27;s a worse situation for women than in similar industries.<p>One commenter here suggests Lea&#x27;s case shows nothing needs to change, which is odd, since Lea doesn&#x27;t say that. It&#x27;s also odd that this commenter suggests rule changes addressing inadequacies ought to be characterized as &quot;special rules&quot; -- special changes to fundamentally sound policy -- instead of &quot;better policy&quot; -- fundamental changes to flawed policies, policies demonstrated to be flawed by their unfair and differential impact on women.<p>Nonetheless, it is great Lea has had a positive experience. I am glad she shared it.