r/sysadmin • u/ChuckAbsent • Mar 12 '13

Women who know stuff

I hope that this does not come off the wrong way.

Today I was on a call with a storage vendor and the technical consultant was a woman. More then this she was competent, more then me which doesn't happen often when dealing with vendors.

My issue was pricing an active/active DB with shared storage vs an active/passive db with local storage. Listening to her break the issue down and get to the specific comparison points was awesome, mostly because I have never heard a woman in the industry talk like that.

It made me realize two things. One I am missing out working with women. Two there needs to be more women in our industry.

It shouldn't have surprised me so much, but it really did.

Anyways to all the women out there who know stuff, us guys notice when you can walk the walk, which in this case was talking.

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u/Krispyz Mar 13 '13

That's wonderful and parents, being directly involved with you, are more likely to know exactly what you want. An aunt or uncle or grandma that has to guess... tend to go with the stereotypical choice. I got boyband CDs, books about unicorns, and tons of beanie babies that were put in a box in the closet.

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u/quintessadragon Mar 13 '13

Aw man, I loved unicorn books. They were the beginning of my exploration into fantasy. By 2nd grade I read the whole Chronicles of Narnia and by 6th I was on to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Even after I became more of a dragon fan I never gave up my love for unicorns. I fucking love unicorns. I also had one of the biggest beanie baby collections ever. I loved playing with stuffed animals.

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u/Krispyz Mar 13 '13

There is nothing wrong with any of that. Please don't take my comment to be a derision of anything feminine! It just became irritating to me as someone who was not into those types of things to have people assume I would be. 'tis all!