>All thanks in part to the those that trudged on during the rough times just for the love of the sport.

I.e. men.

Like IT: There was no money in it, just a load of guys doing it for the love of it. 20 years later there's huge money in it, those guys who were there at the start are at the top of the pile and the women who never previously showed an interest in it are on the sidelines screaming "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOMYN??!?!".

This whole equality war in IT is becoming incredibly tiring. Endless attacks from a transparent supremacy movement whose members were calling people in IT "nerds" 10 years ago.