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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 October 2012 08:11:49PM 4 points [-]

There are 12,000 more young straight men in SF than equivalent women, and doesn't include Silicon Valley. Since you're reading Less Wrong, you're probably nerdy enough to pick up a socially awkward, but fiscally successful software developer.

Related: A female programmer friend of mine reports that SF area tech companies have a strong pro-female hiring bias--i.e. your coding skills may not have to be all that strong to get hired as a coder.