Men's Group

She truly believes is is mostly a function of social ostracism that girls face from other girls in the early adolescent years for doing anything that could be perceived as uncool. She didn't care, she was a lot more interested in her little projects and boys than sitting at the cool girls lunch table or hanging out with the cool girls at the mall. Her mother wasn't keen on her endeavors either, but her father loved working on them with her.

Any number of influences and decisions can follow that, but there is an immediate setback if someone doesn't have those formative adolescent tinkering years. By the time she was fourteen she knew that building electronic gizmos was what she wanted to do and from there she figured out the academic path she had to follow, but building things like cable descramblers that actually worked or running a bootleg telephone to her boyfriend's house that also worked are roughly the same experiences that are highlighted in any bio of any man in Silicon Valley are what set the stage for her career. Not waiting to be inspired in a university elective or taking a risk on a challenging course. I'm sure if I asked her she wouldn't say she perceived her path as taking a risk, I don't think she had a plan b because her decisions were driven by her passion.