I've noticed that in my engineering industry, above-average women tend to advance more quickly than their male counterparts. I believe this is due to diversity quotas aiming to mirror the general population's gender ratio. The industry has a stark gender imbalance, with roughly 15 men for every woman, yet women seem to be promoted at a rate of 10 to 1 compared to men. This observation leads me to encourage my daughter to pursue engineering, highlighting its bright future, broad opportunities, good pay, and the additional advantage her gender provides in this field.
Well maybe I did experience it, but I choose not to believe it. Amazon head hunted me and I went through "overviews" with other candidates that were all non-white males. I went through 8 interviews and felt that I aced the interview. Obviously I did not because they told me I was not "technical" and recommended me for a non technical job. During the process, I immediately noticed I was the minority in the candidate pool and amongst those that interviewed me, with exception to the bartender. One thought that cross my mind was that I didn't fit the quota. Even though I've won "architect" of the year for a large company, I reflected that I must not have answered with enough technical detail in the open ended behavior questions. I also declined to relocate to Austin, TX.