Tech is the best industry for women

Three reasons why tech is the most welcoming industry I’ve seen.

You may think that the tech industry is plagued with bro culture and discrimination against women.

I don’t blame you for feeling this way.

There’s been a lot of talk around lately from women who have faced harassment and discrimination in the tech industry. Uber, for instance, is the poster child of such harassment.

There’s so much talk of negativity that it feels like there’s nothing but negativity surrounding the tech culture.

And that makes me sad.

I’m sad because it is an industry that I, as a minority woman, love.

Whatever you might have heard about Uber, it is far from reflective of the entire tech community.

Personally, as a woman who neither looks like a geek nor dresses like one, I have honestly felt nothing but empowerment in the two years I have been a part of Silicon Valley.

It is an industry where I have found a second chance at life.

As a disclaimer, I’m not here to invalidate other people’s experience. I’m merely here to present my own. I don’t want the negatives to further skew people’s perception and to dissuade fellow women from entering this industry.