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原文鏈接：The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer
編者按：原文作者Jean Hsu，曾在Intel、Google等公司任職，目前在創業公司做Web應用開發工作。之前博客園發布過一篇她的“Google前女軟件工程師分享的工作經歷”。
編譯/博客園
There aren't a lot of female software engineers out there, but being one is not all that bad! I love being a software engineer, for many reasons that are not gender-specific: the excitement of new releases that impact real users, working with an awesome team, being an active part of the thriving Palo Alto startup community... But then there are a lot of reasons that I love being a female software engineer.
雖然女程序員為數不多，但成為一名女程序員也沒有想像的那么糟糕。比如我就很喜歡當一名女程序員，其中的一些原因與性別無關，比如：向用戶發布軟件時的那種興奮感，和優秀的團隊一起工作，成為Palo Alto創業社區的活躍成員...除此之外，我喜歡當女程序員還有下面的一些原因。
Casual attire
While I'm sure lots of male engineers appreciate the casual engineer dress code, I really appreciate it. For men, assorted button-down shirts and slacks will suffice for business-casual attire, but women seem to have some pressure to "update their wardrobe" and "accessorize." As for me? My college wardrobe transitioned seamlessly into my work wardrobe. Now, standard work apparel is t-shirt and jeans, accessorized with a pair of flip-flops, sneakers, sanuks, or if I am feeling particularly fun, my vibrams. I don't really enjoy or have time to go shopping, so this works out well.
上班可以穿便裝
上班可以穿便裝，不僅很多男程序員喜歡，作為女程序員，我更加喜歡這一點。對于男生來說，帶鈕扣的襯衫搭配寬松的長褲的半休閑裝就足夠了；而對于女生，不得不經常更新自己的著裝和飾品。對我來說，上班可以穿便裝，那我在上學時穿的衣服，工作后繼續可以穿。現在，我的標準工作著裝是T恤和牛仔褲，平底拖鞋，或者帆布運動鞋，或者Sanuk休閑鞋，特別開心的時候，就穿上登山鞋。我不是很喜歡，也沒有足夠的時間去逛街，所以，上班可以穿便裝很適合我。
The Odds
The odds are really freaking good, and only some of the goods are odd. Sure there are a bunch of socially awkward engineers, but because of the sheer scarcity of women in the field, if you are a single female you can have first pick of a lot of really nice available guys. I met my husband Tyler while we were both working for Google in NY, and he has said that he's glad he met me before he moved out to California. With the scarcity of women in software, I don't envy any of the single male software engineers in Silicon Valley.
找到意中人的機會更多
很多優秀的男生真的很棒，其中只有少數一些是古怪的。雖然會遇到一些引起令人討厭的男程序員，但在這個領域，女生是稀有動物，如果你是單身的女生，你可以在很多優秀的男生中挑選。我和我的丈夫是我們在紐約為Google工作時相遇的，他說他很幸運能在搬到加州之前遇到我。由于在軟件行業中女生很少（身邊有很多優秀的男生可以選擇），所以我不會眼饞那些在硅谷的單身男程序員。
Less Drama
I've actually never worked somewhere that has more women than men, but I suspect that working with mostly men keeps the workplace drama-free. Not that all or most women are moody drama queens, but you know, it happens. It just seems to happen less with men.
和很多男生搭配，干活更不累
我從沒在女生多于男生的地方工作過，但是覺得和很多男生一起工作，會避免在工作中出現情緒低落的情況。不是所有的女生都是喜怒無常的戲劇女王（drama queens），但是你知道，女生就是容易出現情緒變化無常。和男生在一起工作，似乎減少了這樣的情況。
Being Memorable
While I would of course love to see more women in the industry, a perk of being one of the few is that people remember you. If you go to a tech event or conference and meet 30 male developers and 2 female developers, you will probably remember their names, or at least their faces. You also get the added bonus of seeing people's confused reactions when they ask you if you're in marketing, and you tell them that you are a developer.
更容易被人記住（物以稀為貴）
女程序員是如此稀少，成為其中一員，人們更容易記住你。當然，我希望越來越多的女生進入這樣的行業。如果人們參加一個技術活動，遇到了30位男程序員和2位女程序員，理所當然，這兩位女程序員更容易被人們記住。你還會遇到這樣的情況，當有人問你是不是做市場銷售的，你告訴他們你是程序員，看到他們那種困惑的表情，你會有一種自豪感。
Being Liked
It's just nice to have some women in a male-dominated workspace. They generally remember to shower every so often, and if you ever bring brownies to work, you're suddenly everyone's favorite person for at least a few minutes (though this is true for males as well). Sure, if you're a real bitch, no one's going to like you, but most female engineers are easy to get along with and are well-liked and appreciated in their team. It makes it a little less like, hey look at all this testosterone fueling our coding hackathons in this smelly room.
在團隊中討人喜歡
在男人主導的工作領域有一些女生參與其中，是一件很美妙的事。他們會記得經常洗澡，如果你上班時帶了巧克力蛋糕，你會立即成為每個人都喜愛的人（這招對男人也管用）。當然，如果你是個壞女人，沒有人會喜歡你。但多數女程序在團隊中能夠和大家和睦相處，討人喜歡，受人尊敬。作為女程序員，有一點讓我不喜歡的是，在一個味道難聞的房間看著一群男人為編程比賽加油。
If you're a female software engineer, feel free to comment on any benefits you've experienced either compared to men in the field, or compared to women in other fields!
如果你是女程序員，你覺得當女程序員與男程序員相比，或者與其他行業的女生相比還有什么好處的話，歡迎發表你的評論。
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