[asher]

OK - so I haven’t posted in years, but I come back to read occasionally...

I did FIRST in high school and college; I was even an engineering major briefly.

One thing you have to understand is that most of these stereotypes you see now will never change and never go away. Even when someone says they will, or they treat you the same, somewhere in the back of their mind the thought will persist.

The only way you will get past it is to work hard and be the best at whatever you do, let your product speak for you so they have nothing to question. Don’t whine. Never complain. Above all do NOT boast about it.

That is my advice to you; take it for what it is worth.

"The old lady accountant"