31-year-old software developer presents terrible code, brushes off female coworker when she attempts to help him fix it at boss's orders: "Your self-taught background is showing"

We definitely live in the best time period so far in terms of equal rights for women globally, but we're still not quite there yet as a society. While we all now know that women in the workplace doesn't mean a secretary desk, girlbosses that dare to take on careers in male-dominated fields still face challenges. From pay gaps to microagressions, girlbosses in STEM, agriculture, and other fields dominated by men have to be really tough and confident in their skillset to avoid falling into the dreaded Imposter Syndrome mindset.

In our story today, a female software developer finds herself in an uncomfortable situations when the new, self-taught hire refuses to take her advise seriously. This is a huge red flag, given that the code he wrote had some major errors that were pretty obvious to everyone in the room. Scroll down to get the full details of this juicy office drama. 

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