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Anyone working in or with a male dominated field? What's your experience?

I work in software support. In my current company, the rank and file are close-ish to half male/half female, but management is almost all male, including all the way up to the 4 founders/heads of the company, and most customer teams are male-dominated. I often am on calls with the network teams at customers, and it's very common for those almost entirely male teams to ignore what I say because I'm female. I very often have to repeat myself many times, and even then it usually goes better if I bring a male on the call to say what I've been saying. However, I'm pretty lucky, because when I brought up that one call in particular got sexist, my male manager essentially said "That's not ok. Should I talk to their leadership?". I've never had a manager, even a female manager, respond that way. Previous managers always pretty much said to deal with it, which I've gotten pretty good at. Now, I will sometimes bring my male manager on calls so that when the team asks him a question, he can say I'm the expert and let me answer. It doesn't hurt that I do have a deeper knowledge of the technical areas, and my manager knows it.

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Just two dogs, hanging out

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As a current ferret owner, I empathize with this comment so much. I do take mine out on leashes, one at a time, every now and then, and it takes a lot of patience and energy to do so. But it's always great when I get to show people pics or vids of my ferrets on leashes. It always gets a great reaction.

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How's your week been?

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As an ally, I can't offer much in words of wisdom, but I am always happy to provide a hug over the internet. So, from one internet stranger to another, I hear you, and I'm here for you.

Also, I can confirm that crying can definitely feel like a cheat code sometimes. 😊

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Can't install app on Chrome Android

Unfortunately, I don't have any help to offer, but I did want to let you know that it is possible to install on Android from Chrome. I'm replying from mine right now.

Clearing browsing history sounds like a good first step if you haven't tried that yet. Good luck getting it figured out!