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you need to experience as a woman in IT
Talkback As a woman in this industry for a few years, I am just so annoyed by those geeky, judging, no-humor, back stabbing male co-workers. Most of them are soo closed minded. When you accomplished something big, they just think you didn't do it and talked...
[November 17, 2009, 5:39]
Self-esteem and emerging contributions
Talkback It is formulated in general terms, because the behavior and reactions are uniquely and probably also excluding, but more somewhat a limit in culture. It was initially thought as a movement towards more equality.
[October 15, 2007, 16:56]
Elitism...expectations of failure...
Talkback A female hacker I know was at a hacker conference when another female hacker walked up and asked (in a very rude tone), "so, are you actually a geek, or just a scene whore? She spat back "I had my ham license when I was 14.
[March 5, 2009, 8:21]
Real Estate
Talkback i just read your post and i agreed with your topic that today's younger ones is depend on the nutrition because they know very well that nutritious thinks is good for their health rather than other medicine or vegetables because today their is no...
[July 24, 2009, 20:15]
Snooping
Talkback I'm going one better, I only use www at work now and when I retire next year I will never have to use the internet again, ever. I don't need it. When HMs gov.decides to record all telepone message, is the day I give up my phone.
[March 12, 2009, 8:33]
Only recruiting firms?
Talkback Do you only go to recruiting firms for hires? Maybe try looking elsewhere. I always get jobs from networking. By the way, if you're looking for programmers, can I suggest sending job opening announcements to DevChix?
[March 4, 2009, 22:22]
I'd agree with the woman in that case
Talkback Only 2mbps? That's not worth getting excited over. And I remember reading that in India more women were going into IT now because it increased their value for arranged marriages. A large chunk of the girls in the engineering school I attend are...
[March 4, 2009, 23:02]
Jobs in UK
Talkback Work Related Credit Checks: How to Handle Them If You Have a Poor Credit Score When many of us think of credit history, credit scores, or credit ratings, financial loans are often the first things that come to mind.
[March 5, 2009, 8:20]
Protect myself
Talkback And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why, when the Government decides it's okay to spy on us, I shall be using a proxy set-up via ssh to a server in the US. SSH is encrypted, so let them crack those packets to "deep inspect" them.
[March 12, 2009, 8:36]
escaping
Talkback ha! I'll see your internet withdrawal & raise you! I'm heading out of this country as soon as possible! Now, anyone know of any countries that are a little more reasonable.
[March 12, 2009, 10:40]
Christmas Puzzle
Talkback hiiiiiiiiii dear friend's i read your comment's and post's they are nice and effective but i want to know more about something if you tell me some more imfo.or data about this it's very nice to me and thank's a lot dear.
[October 21, 2009, 23:51]
Better country
Talkback Head to Sweden! Seriously, they have the best record at social liberty, as proven by the fact that The Pirate Bay is being allowed to continue to exist (well.that's the expected outcome of the trial, which had no evidence, anyway)
[March 12, 2009, 21:25]
Addressing the issues is a job for?
Talkback Andrew - I did state that there are a host of reasons why women arent in the industry. I simply didnt list them. The reason I didnt list them, is because its largely pointless (in my opinion). I'll explain why in a minute, but let me first discuss...
[October 2, 2007, 14:03]
Stating facts versus opinions
Talkback Rather than saying I'm "flippantly negative", all I have done is stated the facts present. I dont believe I've used any pejorative terms. You, on the other hand, are making numerous assumptions. Including:
[October 2, 2007, 13:46]
Are you based in Bombay?
Talkback Thanks for the info. Seems from your profile you are based in Bombay - do you think that your view is a product of the attitude of Indian society to woman in the workplace? Or is it that woman don't get the educational opportunites that men do - I...
[September 27, 2007, 11:10]
spot on
Talkback Spot on, Andrew, well put. There is a lot we can do to improve IT, and by encouraging and supporting the roughly 50% of the world who also have to interface with IT in a useful way we can create better sites, applications, interfaces, logic and...
[September 28, 2007, 14:12]
your policy sucks!
Talkback Sam you exemplify exactly what Tim was talking about. I am desperate to hire a female developer, to keep the mix and balance in the studio interesting and dynamic. Unfortunately, both from personal experience and casual feedback from contractors...
[September 28, 2007, 13:42]
Narrow View
Talkback If the women you have worked with have been, no good, as you put it then maybe your problem has been poor recruitment practices rather than this being a general rule with women. I have worked with several women over the years and found them all to...
[September 27, 2007, 16:46]
It's not about attitudes, it's about interests
Talkback Hi - Yes, I'm based in Bombay, India. As for the nick - thanks for the reminder; Sam Bradfudge is an Anglicised version of my real name :-) It's not about attitudes; for example, our company has a very, very open policy regarding gender...
[September 27, 2007, 17:41]
Discrimination is not the real issue
Talkback In my experience there tends to be a lot of 'positive discrimination' in favour of women in the IT industry. The few women I have worked with in this sector have always been treated very well even at the expense of their male colleagues.
[September 22, 2007, 12:30]
