Post by @Gina@fosstodon.org

2026-10-21 08:37 UTC

Without this DEI program, I wouldn't have worked in IT. Again, grateful to Capgemini ❤️ Unfortunately I now worked in corporate IT. I was the only woman in every team. A self taught junior dev. The micro aggressions that I had to deal were _insane_. Daily: - expected to get coffee and take notes - ignored, side eyed or talked over - expected to write CSS as a Java dev because "girls are good at that" - SO MANY weird and inappropriate jokes and comments - weird invites to a senior devs house

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@Gina@fosstodon.org 2026-10-21 08:59

Me and the literal 6 or so other women in this giant engineering dept even teamed up and participated in a hackathon. There were like 200 men and us in our pink sweaters :') We made a food tracking app or something dumb, so we didn't win, but I do remember being a bit uncomfortable sitting in a hangar with 200 men overnight. The guys didn't engage much with us. It was fine, but not necessarily welcoming. edit: typo

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@AwkwardTuring@infosec.exchange 2026-10-21 09:12

@Gina@fosstodon.org this is so unhinged. It's one thing to think weird stuff, but a whole other level to let that thought cross the brain-mouth-barrier. Or maybe I'm to generous and this is actual incel stuff. Unhinged it is at least. We're mentoring a young women in cybersec right now. She's doing rly well and so far I didn't sense any weird vibes towards her. That said: she hasn't been to the big tables yet. What can we - as colleagues and mentors - do, to support her when time comes and she gets shit on? Mind sharing what might have helped you in these scenarios?

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