@roytang The gender and age thing were the most significant ones for me when I’m back in Indonesia.
That being said, I speak English with a vaguely American/British accent, studied abroad, and I have a pretty “conventionally successful” resume, which are privileges that help my case.
@jtannady I was just curious because in the places I’ve worked at (in the Philippines), female software devs wasn’t really uncommon (in some batches I’ve trained even more than 50% female)
@roytang The gender and age thing were the most significant ones for me when I’m back in Indonesia.
That being said, I speak English with a vaguely American/British accent, studied abroad, and I have a pretty “conventionally successful” resume, which are privileges that help my case.
@roytang I’ve also never job hunted in SEA since getting into tech, so I wouldn’t know what that’s like.
A lot of what I just talked about are informed by personal experiences at tech events in Jakarta.
@roytang That being said, it’s easy to tell when people are well intentioned.
“Wow kak, I’ve never met a woman software engineer!” vs “Oh, you’re a software engineer? Huh.” + vaguely dismissive body language.