I've worked in IT for 21+ years. I'm brilliant and I have incredible emotional intelligence in the job, which is what helps me be so effective. Much more so than many typical IT dudes.
Still, I've been underestimated and underpaid due to my gender.
In my new job, in which I have a lot of power and influence, I'm paid half as much as the male counterpart in the same roll. We have compared salaries. I get much more done, whole he just points out problems but does nothing to fix them.
And recently I was called "pretty lady" in front of all my techs, by the engineer who dies less abd is paid twice as much. I'm not reporting it as sexual harassment, as there are real cases and this wasn't the case for me. It was embarrassing and frustrating, undermining my credibility, in front of all the males I lead.
Sigh.... America
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