Being the new gal in town can be a daunting task. Trying to pretend you know the *supposed* VIP sitting next to you. Finding joints to hang at. Making new friends.

So, on Thursday I set out to get some pointers from someone who’s “been there, done that” and made my way down to the Girls in Tech event.

Leah Culver, the speaker of the evening and software engineer at Six Apart (which acquired Pownce, the micro-blogging company she co-founded, in late 2008) was kind of enough to lend me some of her tips and tricks for working as a tech gal in San Francisco -  from events to attend, to people I should grab a drink with, to her favorite coffee shop.

And, apparently, it’s all about the cupcakes: