- successful applicants i.e. outside-of-the-box people may not have an idea about who are outside the box people.
- most of these outside-of-the-box people are males an can be simply categorized as 'coders'.
In fact I don't get your problem exactly. I suppose that there can be 2 cases, which is true?
A. You are a 'female coder' and you think that 'male coders' have such a prejudice that a female coder cannot be as good as a 'male coder'.
B. You think that you really are different from these male coders (perhaps you are not a coder), so even if these guys don't have prejudice about female coders, they think so differently from you, that they will not relate to your application.
A. and B. are very different things, and I could not find out what your problem is from your description.
Well that's it then. It's just because you're a non-coder (presuming these negative experiences have been when speaking to coders rather than men in general). You're in the same boat as me! Try coming to a YC BBQ - that was a pretty tech-intense experience for me!
You'll find a lot of the coders that you feel uncomfortable with, would feel quite uncomfortable at the type of events you revel in.
- successful applicants i.e. outside-of-the-box people may not have an idea about who are outside the box people. - most of these outside-of-the-box people are males an can be simply categorized as 'coders'.
In fact I don't get your problem exactly. I suppose that there can be 2 cases, which is true?
A. You are a 'female coder' and you think that 'male coders' have such a prejudice that a female coder cannot be as good as a 'male coder'.
B. You think that you really are different from these male coders (perhaps you are not a coder), so even if these guys don't have prejudice about female coders, they think so differently from you, that they will not relate to your application.
A. and B. are very different things, and I could not find out what your problem is from your description.