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It's a tough gig for sure. My uncle was driving a cab for a bit. He's a know it all type who couldn't hold down a job because every boss he ever had was "an idiot", so it's possible he talked a lot as a driver and pissed people off. This was in about 2002 before cell phones were so rampant.

Anyway, one night he got his throat slit with a box cutter. Luckily he made it to someone's front door before he bled out and they called 911. Took about 6 months for him to recover and be able to talk and eat again.

This is one of the reasons I'm stoked on Lyft and Uber. Seems much safer for the driver and the passenger. They've got all your info on record and you see a picture of each other to ensure you're not dealing with a complete stranger.

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I don't think the solution is to push tech (or math) on girls but I do think that in positive role models tell you "you can do this" at a young age is tremendously important.

There are some studies that if you put boys in front of "girl" toys and girls in front of "boy" toys at a young age the boys will still pretend the Barbie dolls are guns etc. in most cases. But if we aren't giving girls (and boy) the facts and instead societally making these decisions for them then the industries are still going to be stacked against them.

You made the argument that no one complains about more men being in garbage collection than women and you're right. I think tech suffers from a similar stigma. It's not pretty, it's not fashionable, according to current views tech isn't feminine.

Either way it was relevant to the conversation. No reason to lash out.

Good points. Thanks for providing your perspective.

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