As a female hardware engineer, Sue was acutely aware of the difficulties women faced in the tech industry. Getting respect without being labeled a bitch, or cold, or unfriendly isn’t easy, and Sue had many stories about things that had happened to her, or to people that she knew. I’m a little younger than Sue, and I initially hoped things would be different from me, but in the end, one of the greatest gifts Sue gave me was just a deep shared understanding of how things are and how that affected us. We didn’t have to explain our frustrations, we could just commiserate, and talk strategies, and support each other in a world where fitting in was always a bit out of reach.
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