Women in IT

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No, this is not a sarcastic dig at our skirt-wearing colleagues !

The January IT Now magazine from the BCS is highlighting Women in IT.

It's probably not appropriate for me to reproduce articles (permission/copyright reasons) but the following links may be useful to the ladies on the forum :

BCS Women's forum and BCS Women

Women in Technology

Computer Clubs for Girls

W-Tech Event - Feb 2009

If you want to read more then blag a copy of the magazine from a colleague who's a BCS member

 

The magazine headline on the front cover says :

Women in IT - BCS wants to build a profession that's good for women and better for all

Guess it takes time ..........

 

In my department we have quite a lot of women at various levels, including managers. I'd estimate at about 30% to 40%. So it *does* work in some places!

Harry.

 

Just logged in and seen this.

Tis quite amusing as I am on a VMWare training course this week and all the other candidates are men. But it seems like every course in the training centre is solely men also. Never noticed it before!

Thread looks interesting. Shall take a look later!

 

The only two women who are regularly on my floor is the VP of Finance and the head of HR. The receptionist comes up routinely as well. All the IT people and developers are guys.

 

We have a woman tech at my place, she's always in a bad mood and doesn't like to do any work but then again the whole IT dept at my place don't want to do anything.

The place only worked when I was on my extra shifts there

 

Up until a few months ago there was more female IT bods in our department than males! In the company I work at quite a few ladies have technical roles.

However I still feel the need to made a Neanderthal/childish and ignorant comment....

"Chicks working on 'pewters! whatever next"

Ducks thrown objects and runs towards the door.....

 

...in response to your signature .....your next sentence should be "...I RESIGN !"

 

Cool, do you think I should resign from IT and take up comedy full time?

 

Unfortunately, Number 6 couldn't "resign" from the Village. I think it would have been really funny though, if Patrick McGoohan had delivered that line and it had been preserved as an out take.

 

It probably won't change, as a lot of it is actually true - a lot of IT-related jobs involve lifting, getting on your knees, routing cables etc...or being in a cold, windy server room...or just spending time in a very quiet environment where all you can hear is the sound of heavy fingers on keyboards and the occasional cuss (or whoopeee!) from a developer Also, because there are a lot of young lads in support-type roles, they quite openly talk about women in a way that may offend a lot of them... and a lot of women are sensitive to that, plus the working environment just doesn't appeal to them...

Also, it's almost like an innate thing. If I start talking to my female friends about computers, many of them just trail off and some-how the conversation digresses. IT just doesn't do it for many of them! (pardon the pun)

 

Going to sound like a bit of an ungrateful kill-joy, but, in all honesty, 'computer clubs for girls' seems far too 'girly' and almost 'segregates' women from men...maybe they do have some good stuff in them, but the title is so off-putting that I just can't be bothered to explore...now if it said 'hardcore computing for women' I may be more enticed!!

 

I've yet to meet a woman who really 'lived' IT - either at work or in my personal life. I've worked with plenty of women in this profession - usually in managerial, supervisory or similar 'non-technical' roles - but never come across one who loved what they do as much as I do. Then again, I don't think I've come across that many men who love IT as much as me!

Seriously though - you should be in the kitchen, making a nice cup of tea. We'll call you when we need to explain how to use Outlook to a user...

PS: Lee - you might want to re-evaluate ever using the words 'hardcore' and 'women' in the same sentence again...

 

Ah - but I CAN do those things - its just that they're women's work - like ironing, and washing, and cooking my tea.

 

What she said!

 

I can see the duct tape coming out for Zeb once a certain person sees this thread !

And I was as such great pains not to be seen to be having a "pop" at women in IT