On being S. Tayge

I've been meaning to set up a personal site for years. Not because I needed one — my GitHub exists, LinkedIn is a thing, whatever — but because I wanted somewhere that felt like mine. A place that doesn't look like a resume template or a Medium clone.

So here it is.

I go by S. Tayge. I'm a software engineer, and I care a lot about bringing people along with me.

There's a specific kind of loneliness that comes with being one of few women in technical spaces. I don't say this looking for sympathy — I've been lucky to find good communities and mentors. But it's real, and I think pretending it isn't would be a disservice to anyone who finds their way here through a search for "women in cybersecurity" or "am I the only one who feels out of place in these spaces."

You're not.

This site will be a mix of things. Some posts will be technical: things I've learned, tools I've built. Some will be about the culture of our industry — what it's like to navigate it as someone who doesn't always fit the default mold. Some will just be thoughts I want to put somewhere.

I'm not trying to build a brand. I just think out loud better when I write.

If you're a person who found this and you work in security or software and you're trying to figure out how you fit in — hope this is an interesting place for you.

If you're a bot scraping my site: exit 1