Yeah honestly it does.

I’m always told I’m kind of bitchy. So I asked my husband one day and said, “What does it mean to be bitchy when youre a woman?” And he basically said something to the extent of “ You don’t take shit from anybody”.

So yeah, I’m bitchy or whatever else you want to call me because I don’t take shit from anybody.

As a woman in tech, I completely agree with this.

I do actually, down to knowing a very large number of people with stem phds from the top schools: stanford,mit,caltech,ucberkeley etc etc. (I went to a top 5 stem undergrad schooland knew a bunch of people who went to the other four..its a small community).

They’re really no different than anyone else. There are…

I went on a few dates with a guy who looked kind of like Howard. He was a nice guy but it creeped me out so much (not the guy’s fault) that I couldn’t do it anymore lol. Because everytime I’d go on a date ALL I COULD THINK WAS HEY IT’S HOWARD FROM BIG BANG THEORY.

That was also when I gave up my “I’m not superficial, I…

LOL, I always tell my parents that it’s okay not to help me with anything financially at all and they don’t have to give me gifts. But no matter what they INSIST and even become indignant if I don’t let them. For example, I’ve told my mother she doesn’t have to give my anything for Christmas, or for my wedding or…

I wish that were the case for me, my family and my husbands familys are ridiculously demanding when ti comes to visiting. With zero regard to costs or time we have to take to see them. And we have to payforour own tickets.

I came from a poorish family, but basically paid off my college loans and car I bought partially through myself, but also partially from dating/marrying someone who struck gold (kind of enough for us to be able to leave the state and retire comfortably somewhere cheaper) in the tech industry.

So while I don’t live off…

This is one of the reasons I love California. Yes, it is super expensive to live here compared to many other states BUT we have state mandated PAID maternity leave for about 12 weeks. 6 weeks to heal for mom 6 weeks for both parents independently (mom and dad get six weeks each). I do NOT know why other states don’t…