This is good. I've worked my entire life in tech and when I started I was often the only woman in the room. I would like to add to your "do it like a man" list.

- Short emails. Give the minimum and end with "let me know if you have any questions." But don't give too much detail. If they want more, make them ask.

My favorite email response to a man is "Understood." If you want to confirm a message received, that's all they need back. They will appreciate you for this, trust me.

- Be openly opinionated instead of passively suggestive. No, not angry, opinionated. There's a huge difference. Be willing to put your opinions out there. I've often said "In my experience, that does not work. Here's why..." Then I explain in very clear terms--no judgement--the specifics of what I believe works better. They perk up at this. As long as I'm not pointing a finger or blaming someone.

- Lose all the little girls antics, even in the break room. Squealing with delight, jumping up and down, sayin OMG! repeatedly and excitedly is childlike behavior--it isn't so much that only females tend to do it, it's that it should have been left behind in grammar school and it definitely doesn't endear us to working male adults.

Yes, women have some great things to bring to the work place. However, if we demonstrate inefficient communications, act like little girls when we get excited and fail to show our value by confidently expressing our own knowledge and opinions we cannot expect men to value us--because if we don't do these things, frankly, they won't even see us.

Is this fair? No. But it is the reality of the current workplace, I'm afraid.