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Wei Yu's avatar

I was influenced by people around me on some of the things I do too! It came to a point that I realised I was doing it to please others and not something I wanted to do so I stopped pleasing people around me and be myself! When I started basics course on programming, I do come across people discussing about mechanical keyboards. I had the urge of joining their conversation to be part of the community too but decided not to as it is not a must-have and not something that interest me.

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Holly Rabalais's avatar

I work as an IT security analyst, and I identify with this post 100%! For a while I myself working to prove myself in a male-dominated field. The older I get, the more I choose to do me. Don't like it? Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!

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