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Ask HN: Women of HN, tell us about yourself and your journey in tech so far?

by shradha408 on 4/5/18, 6:04 AM with 15 comments

I almost never come across women on HN in the comments section or anywhere else. I am interested in knowing about women in tech and their journey, stories and challenges.

Feel free to share anything you like.

  • by tontonius on 4/5/18, 7:41 AM

    Is this thread like Stephen Hawkings party for time travellers? :)

    Serious question though, how do you know when you come across women in the HN comments?

  • by ahris on 4/5/18, 7:54 AM

    There's a game called Valhalla, in which there is a fictional version of the internet where everyone online is assumed to be female and where women didn't have to hide their gender in online communities to avoid biases. The game's take on internet culture feels absurdist, but the satire really hits home when you see threads like this that highlights how invisible women are in our IRL internet culture.

    In an ideal world, women don't have to call out their gender in comments (as another user suggests). Instead, we shouldn't assume all posters are male by default.