Designers, Women, and Hostility in Open Source
smarterware.org/7550/designers-women-and-hostility-in-open-source
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Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
After working in technology for 17 years now, I can assure you: constantly being the only woman in the room stinks. Since I usually am, one of my career goals is to surround myself with capable women technologists as well as men. It's not easy, but it's important—and not just because I'm lonely, but because I make stuff, and creations reflect their makers. The tech industry is by and large a boys' club, and that's a shame, because homogenous teams turn out one-dimensional products. Diverse teams are better-equipped to make things that shine because they serve a wide range of people