I still feel terrible I still haven't allocated free time to PR bitcoin core tho. That needs to happen.  

 No need to feel terrible, but pull requests are welcome. There's also hundreds of pull requests awaiting review and testing. 

 Maybe it would be more helpful if i reviewed and tested existing prs? 

 In general that's the best place to start imo. 

 Yes! 

 In a way I'm not as glad, the generalized toxic comment of "women aren't on average technical enough" would be something of an insult if you actually knew what my background is, but I've learned to just outperform everyone and then they will shut up, is the way to go. 😉