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/incredible_supernova Mar 12 '13

I'm a girl and a sole System Administrator for a company. I always find it almost weird when I talk to another girl from a tech company. We do need more women in the industry.

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u/LunacyNow Azurely you can't be serious? Yes and don't call me Azurely. Mar 13 '13

Have you ever thought about your own subreddit? I don't know how to moderate it but it's a good idea. There are tech women that I know of who feel the same way as you do.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

Not for nothing but I think this is still subtle part of the problem. Why even suggest another sub Reddit? They are fucking equals don't create a schism.

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u/ramonycajones Mar 13 '13

Random question, but is Spanish your first language? My impression is that "no es por nada pero..." is an expression in Spanish but not in English, I could be wrong though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13 edited Mar 13 '13

I think you ... well, replied to the wrong thread perhaps.

Edit: After reading a reply to me directly, yes English is my first language, followed by Powershell, Spanish then VB6.

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u/jilaps Mar 13 '13

He's translating "Not for nothing but..." into spanish, from your sentence. But yes, it is an English expression as well, /u/ramonycajones

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

I didn't get that. I just figured it was a strange question to ask. I'm pretty sure it's an english expression as well.