Background: This itatechchallenge.com used to be for every student (I was in the top 5 winners in one of the previous years). There used to be both male and female students among the finalists. This is a big event in the midwest. You would get interviews for internships and jobs because you made it to the final round, and you get to interact with the hiring managers of 30+ companies which sponsored the tech challenge event. Now, this is strictly for female students. It is so demoralizing for male students in the midwest. And the current description says - "competition for current female-identifying students in the U.S."
Sexism.
🙄 boohoo. If you don't like it, tell the organisers instead of whining about it anonymously.
This is such a stupid and unfair rule. This isnt whining.
Jeez man show some empathy. I feel as though many of us are less affected by this because we already have jobs, but I went to a few tech fairs in high school and college and they were crucial in helping me get to where I am. Denying people, especially students, at this young age is incredibly backwards and discriminatory, and I don’t think telling the organizers will change anything
For every 10 guys in CS there is 1 women and it’s the fastest growing occupation according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are more jobs than skilled people. If you are an American, you should be more worried about the number of foreigners competing for those jobs.
I think something to note here is when they are doing these things. I’m fine with women only conferences in the corporate world because everyone is already at the same landing place. It’s been a while since I was a student, but I would be pretty upset I’m being denied a learning and networking opportunity just because of my gender. And this is even worse due to the fact that it was once coed.
Identity politics really fucked up everything for the millennials. Gen Z seems to see this and getting out of it - they treat everyone equally without prejudice or hatred. It's a matter of an election or two before millennials and older people realize that it doesn't work for them.
More insecurity for insecure men. Secure men would see this as a plus.
Ignorant response.
Insecure women find this as the only way to beat the 🧠 competition. Insecure women live by suppressing others. Insecure women know leveraging political women's agenda will keep them in the workforce and exempt them from the competition. See another example here https://www.teamblind.com/article/sFMOynFB Secure women do not even participate in the political drama. Secure women see everyone the same and equal.
I would suggest you to contact the organizers and ask them to create 2 separate events (1 for men and 1 for women) so everyone will be included and you get the top talent from both genders. .
Just identify as Female
Lying will get him into the contest, it won't solve the core issue.
Op, you are a moron. There is a hint in your post. The competition is for female IDENTIFYING students! You know what you need to do to participate.
I have respect for my gender identity as much as I respect others. It's okay if you do not respect your own gender identity, and you are willing to go down the path of faking yourself as a female-identifying student. Usually, you need to show ID proof to register and participate. Good luck with the fraud.
In California, you can get that ID easily. Why respect the system, when it clearly doesn’t respect you?
Just identify as female. They can’t stop you in the current climate
Also, this is a reason why these no-name contests don’t hold a candle to Topcoder/Codeforces/Google Code Jam. Let them Kaepernick themselves to death.