[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 11:02 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: > > > I think that it's partly our fault, in that women often, but not > > always and maybe less so with younger women, see an all male enclave > > of IT people, bikers, golfers or whatever, as slightly threatening, > > intimidating etc. I think this is a trait that is improving, in that > > men are more used to having women included and we are getting used to > > it too. > > <snip> > > I find it interesting that this discussion has come up. We're getting > a trainee broadcast engineer where I work, I was pleasantly surprised > to find out that the applicant who was offered the job was a young (I > think) lady from up north. IIRC we only have one other female > broadcast engineer in the entire company but two girls on the Helpdesk. > > Could it be worth some of the women in IT (or professions that have > typically been male dominated - plumbing, building etc) going to > secondary schools and giving talks and maybe encouraging more women > into these male dominated professions? > > Throughout my 12 years working in IT only a couple of the places I've > worked at have had women working in IT roles, and the majority of them > have been Helpdesk type roles. > > Rob > > > > I think this is a great idea and would be happy to do it. However, I am not working in IT now - was up to 6 months ago. When I was, I wouldn't have had the time to volunteer for something like this. However, I think that I could do a good "selling job" as I really enjoyed my time in IT and believe strongly that women can get a lot out of making this type of career choice. Any idea of how I could go about volunteering my services to the education sector ? Viv -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html