@faithisleaping @kelidanovus @Impossible_PhD IT Catgirl memes only apply to software devs, so far as I can tell. Running telecom infrastructure? More of us than you would think, but it's a very different world, you know?
And yeah, I work in R&E, and there's lots of us here, but if I go to a internetworking conference like NANOG or similar, it's a lot of dudes in button downs and fleece vests, and most of the women in general are not in technical roles. That is changing, but very slowly.
Thankfully, I have a whole pack of cis women who have adopted me because they want to see me succeed, and we have bonded over how isolating it can be being a woman in tech is, but yeah, we don't talk about the trans thing much.
As for that woman you're friends with, I'd say keep building the friendship and if it's solid, the trans thing probably matters less than you think it does. Lots of hugs though, I know that fear, and it's so nerve-wracking to feel.
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