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Every time I show up at a tech event and someone shouts "Yay! There's a girl here!", it just makes me want to leave.

That's good to know. I'll stop doing that. Sorry.

I'd upvote you a thousand times if I could. You've just modeled the kind of humility and maturity that can actually make the world a better place. Thank you for this..it hasn't gone unnoticed.

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