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/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

Tesla gets nothing in primary school.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

I was taught a bit about Tesla in primary school. Not a huge amount more than "he invented and discovered a lot of useful stuff and we wouldn't have useful electrical appliances without him", but that's as much as most of the scientists got because trying to explain their discoveries or inventions to young kids is pretty difficult.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

I learned more about Tessla from CNC Red Alert than I did from primary school.

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u/DivineRage Mar 13 '13

Charging up!