Ada Lovelace Day: being the only woman in the room

For many reasons which do not require exploring at this juncture (ps to justinelavaworm, I think you have a fairy of choosing unreasonably good wine and I both thank you and curse your name), this did not get finished yesterday in time, but I really wanted to say something for Ada Lovelace Day even if belatedly!

I have been the only woman in the room. By that I mean that I have been the only woman coder (or close to it) in a lot of technical work environments These were actually quite good envir