@chockenberry years ago at a WWDC during a vendor expo, a friend of mine who worked on apps I guarantee everyone has used and/or heard of had some guy insisting for almost an hour that she couldn’t be a coder, she had to be a designer.

I was there, and along with her, listing off the very major coding and research things she had done, and he *refused* to believe her on her own career.

It was *surreal* and she was like “oh that happens regularly.”

@chockenberry I remember being at a job interview where they asked a generic where do you see yourself in 5 years question and I said I wanted to help people.

Interviewer: What like a nurse?

This was for an IT Managers Job. I already had my degree for 7 years at this point.

@chockenberry

Ignorant not only of women's capabilities but of the fact that they wouldn't be good at design or HR, which are far more challenging than they seem to think.

@chockenberry I can’t believe we still have to call out this kind of behavior.

It’s a symptom. Lots of people will be shocked by this idiocy, but haven’t done a thing to get at the root of the underlying issues.

@chockenberry I once went to a party thrown by a major tech company at a big tech conference. Trying to make conversation, I asked the woman I was talking to, who had a badge from the party sponsor, what she did there.

"I'm the CEO," she told me.

Oops. I was very embarrassed.