Despite the strides being made to ensure women and PoC are represented throughout the tech industry, it remains a male-dominated (and mostly white) field. According to a recent Deloitte study, women make up 24 percent of the tech industry, which is unfortunate when you consider the fact that women make up 50.8 percent of the United States population. And not only do women face obstacles getting into this fields; sometimes, they’re also seen as less credible or intelligent if they choose to wear makeup while working. 
On April 3, Reddit user hcodes prompted a discussion around this paradox. She created a thread titled, ?Software Engineering (and related male-dominated fields) ladies: how do you find the balance"? and continued by asking: ?In a field dominated by men who wear usually the same few conference T-shirts for the rest of their lives, and where women are held by double standards on too much make up/being generally overdone, or too little make up – not really caring about appearance, how do you deal with make up" What would you consider too much/too little" What is your usual routine"? MORE: Why I Finally Stopped Trying to Tame My Naturally Frizzy Hair
The general consensus is that women do what they want?as they should. Most of the respondents acknowledged their initial apprehension, but eventually realized it?s their right to wear makeup if they want. Since they know they?re good at their job, wearing makeup is about self-expressio...