Have you noticed that in the blockchain technology circle, the speakers at conferences, core developers, and project CTOs are mostly male;
But when the project starts to truly land, connect with users, and discuss the business model, women begin to appear.
Someone said:
Men focus more on underlying architecture, while women are better at understanding 'who this technology can actually help.'
This may not be politically correct, but if you think about it, it seems... quite accurate.
Many male engineers I've seen talk about blockchain with just two words: decentralization and performance optimization, and they can go on for hours.
They are very familiar with terms like architecture design, consensus mechanisms, and on-chain TPS.
But a female product manager I know asked: 'Can this chain we're making be understood by older women?'
She hasn't written a line of code, but what she's thinking about is how to make this project not just cool, but useful.
A real example: a certain blockchain medical project.
The male technical lead wants to create a fully integrated electronic medical record system, with a technical plan as impressive as a thesis;
A female project operator countered: 'Are doctors willing to go on-chain? Who will teach them? What if there's a problem with the data?'
What was the result? The project eventually pivoted to create a data-sharing API, simple and practical, focusing on survival first.
I can't say that men understand technology better than women, nor do I think women have more empathy.
But the trend I see is:
Men are more likely to 'turn technology into works.'
Women are better at 'turning works into products.'
Men elevate technology to the pedestal, while women bring the divine down to speak in human terms.