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[quote=Anonymous]I'm kind of surprised you aren't invited to happy hours.  When I've worked in mostly-male workplaces (i.e. most of my jobs - I'm in finance), I've generally gotten invited out to happy hours almost immediately.  It might be because you are dressing like a nun - they figure you are uptight and don't like to go drinking.

I've been in departments where I was literally the only female who wasn't an assistant/secretary - that was hard, actually. I kept getting lumped in with the other women, and asked to do stuff that no male in my position (manager, MBA, serious degrees) would ever be asked to do.  It was really frustrating.  But I had the social thing nailed.

How do you WANT to dress?  You can dress like a non-nun and still be taken seriously.  Sounds like you need to pick out a few of the programmers who seem the coolest and reach out to them individually - it can be about a work thing.  Maybe get an invite to lunch, see if you can expand that to a happy hour invite at some point.  And make sure you are friendly with the other woman - you need a female ally.  (I am friends with the only other woman under 60 in my department.)[/quote]

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