What I thought was equal

I have yet to work a job in tech. So far, the majority of my tech experience is Twitter-based. My twitter feed is full of amazingly supportive, helpful, and positive people of all genders. I was overjoyed to see my first conference, All Things Open 2019, looked a lot like my diverse Twitter experience.

May not be as equal as I thought

I have since been to a few meetups. That's when I realized that my tech Twitter experience may not exactly be the most accurate view of tech. The meetups I've been to were at least 90% masculine. This was part of the reason I didn't want to go to meetups. Who wants to be the only woman walking into a room full of men?

But there's a chance

The one meetup was organized by @ladyleet, so I knew I wouldn't be alone. But what a crazy concept that I should be thinking about anything other than whether or not the content of the meetup might be useful!

There is room to improve

I'm not super sure what would be a surefire way to have more equality in tech. I do have some ideas:

• invite womxn friends to attend/speak at meetups/conferences
• introduce tech to children in fun ways, but don't force it
• don't let womxn skip events due to childcare
• make sure womxn see other womxn doing technical things
• flexible work schedules (thank my spouse for this one)

Maybe don't ask my spouse, this was their 1st suggestion. 😫😬

Thanks to @pachicodes for the title that I blatantly stole and made my own.

Thanks to @thecodepixi for creating the Women in Tech list that made my Twitter so awesomely diverse.
(Here's the list!)