6th grade science teacher said I should be burned at the stake like Joan of Arc. Hi, I make 10x more than you did as a teacher, have two black belts, three degrees, and I’m on network news or in the newspaper every other week.
Tech Twitter: Tell me about a time someone underestimated or dismissed you and what amazing things you’ve gone on to do since then?
RT for reach if y’all want a bunch of victory stories 
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When I was going to a negotiation with opposing counsel when I worked at Facebook. I'm 5'10," was 8 months pregnant with big curly hair, blue nails, and flip flops. Opposing counsel asked when the attorney was arriving and presumed I was the secretary or a scribe...
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Family: "Weird hair and tattoos makes you unhireable." 4 years later: Workin' at a famous gamedev whatup. Ex-fans: "You got too fat to be attractive to me anymore." Today: Like 10 strangers went out of their way to call me beautiful whatup.
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A few years ago this guy at a hackathon tried dismissing my contributions by snottily asking me about my credentials when I disagreed with him(after I'd written 90% of our code). I won ten hackathons the year after that, largely to spite him.
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Left school at 16 & got apprenticeship at a college as ‘IT help’. My direct boss was the IT teacher. After talking to me, a student pointed out my age & skills, impressed. Teacher replied, to the entire class, “yeah, well, he failed all his exams, so he’s not *that* smart.”
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...I’ve been running my own web dev company for 19 years now. I am doing pretty well. I have a cat.
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