10 Signs You're Probably a Techie

Do you have a MacBook running virtualized Windows? Is the Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate not even a debate to you? If so, you might be a “techie” (more on that word later). In Silicon Valley, they’re everywhere and easy enough to spot. At CIO.com, we’ve covered the most techie of tech people for decades and have come up with 10 signs that you’re among their ranks.

You’re Probably a Guy

There’s been lots of hand-wringing over the fact that woman are vastly underrepresented in tech. If you think it’s a simple case of media messing up again, just check out the line to the men’s bathroom at the next technical workshop or event. The gender issue took an ugly turn this year when two male software developers at a PyCon conference joked about “big dongles” and “forking,” which was overheard by SendGrid tech developer Adria Richards. Offended, she took a picture of them and tweeted it. One of the men was fired. Hackers exposed Richards’ private information before she was fired for “publicly shaming the offenders,” SendGrid CEO Jim Franklin wrote in a blog post.

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