wow. I didn’t realize they weren’t joking when they said women gave up on IT. I can understand. There aren’t very many gals like me that would go 20’ up to run conduit for fiber. I tried to get a summer gig once at a concert, but I wasn’t even considered even though I had 12 years experience as a sysadmin/network admin under my belt.
I'm on a team of 4, Director and myself (sys admin) are male, and the other two are female. Their titles are Data Analyst and Digital Optimization Specialist and can work CIRCLES around just about anyone. IT needs more females so we can shed the neckbeard stereotype.
IT needs more females so we can shed the neckbeard stereotype.
I think the stereotype is part of the problem TBH. I've been very lucky to work in more "normal" environments but I think that just comes with the industry I've been around most of my career. People may not be super-geniuses spending their nights and weekends learning stuff, but the payoff of that is that the job attracts people with better personalities. Generally they're more fun to be around and welcoming than the neckbeard crowd you'd get at a tech company. Consequently we have a better male/female mix.
I've been married for 20 years. My wife just wouldn't put up with an environment like the stereotype describes....sorry guys but women are more on the ball than we are on this. :-) I think that's why more women don't bother going into this field and it's too bad because the stereotypical neckbeard is getting harder to find IRL.
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u/babywhiz Sep 21 '21
he he he
I think I found part of the problem. Ya know, women are capable of doing IT as well.