We intentionally left those out and used pseudonyms so the engineers would feel comfortable answering candidly

Ah, missed that note in the intro.

That's an approach I disagree with, especially since there are many female engineers who are willing to discuss these issues openly and would benefit from the exposure from The Macro/HN.

Absolutely, but we feel like there’s room for more than one approach here. Part of this experiment is to see whether anonymity on both sides allows for a freer discussion. That being said, if women who join the conversation would like to use their real names we'd be glad to post those.

Also those women might not want to diffuse their personal brand.

Eg. I imagine it to be quite hard to be primarily known for engineering work and not for "example for female in engineering"

Love, love, love the pseudonyms chosen, by the way.

Loved the choice of pseudonyms – particularly Ada and Grace!