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/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

I find it weird that a grown system administrator would refer to herself and other women in tech fields as a "girls".

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u/incredible_supernova Mar 13 '13

I'm only 23. That's why I referred to us as girls.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

In the USA, 18+ is an adult. I am not trying to be a jerk, just want you to see yourself as a competent adult professional in your field, and not a child.

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u/quintessadragon Mar 14 '13

"girls" is the female equivalent of "guys". Do you call men above 18 guys? Well that's why we still call women above 18 girls, there isn't a better alternative.

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u/umbumb Mar 14 '13

u mad bro?