People wonder why women get discouraged from working in tech. They will be having fun, sharing projects that they’re doing in their free time, and a doctoral researcher will let them know that they hypothetically wouldn’t hire her if they hypothetically could hire people because she is doing the project too slowly…even though she didn’t state how long the project would take her and isn’t looking for a job. Women really can’t exist in this space in peace without legitimate people in the field trying to undermine them out of nowhere.