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Interesting. I'd wondered about an inflection point in my graph as well, but in the opposite direction.

Our average rating has been climbing much faster since Dec 10.

Looks like this feature is influential, but not necessarily negative.

I wonder how Etsy defines "most success" in the teams of zero or two women.

I'm a female dev and I don't feel weird on all male teams. Just another team member. But I did feel singled out when the other female developer and I were mostly assigned to work together.

Not that I don't love working with other ladies, but making it any kind of policy makes me feel more segregated than included.

I've been thinking about this and I have one major question.

I'm not a particularly nervous person and I'm comfortable in a lot of situations, but I'm not very good at being pushy and as a younger chick, not going to intimidate anyone. I'm not saying I fear for my physical safety, but even as a target to hustle into buying things.

I'm really not sure: should there be any concerns for a girl traveling alone on a non-tourist-beaten track?

Do you count the leniency in assuming white people have more legitimate credentials?

And how often are people hiring purely by the program of study? Can you affirmative action your way into top honors or great job experience? For the latter, it appears it's the opposite.