Friday, March 09, 2007 1:12 PM
I've been in IT now for about 5 years (2 years studying, 3 working). This is a very masculine field and, though I have often talked about it with colleagues (both male and female), the truth is that I have never been the object of any ironic remarks or felt I was being discriminated in any way, except for this week!
In the space of 3 days, two fun/ironic remarks on women and IT. No malice intended, I think, but still ... I didn't find them that funny (especially the first one).
Remark #1
(From a guy I met at a conference)
Guy: "So you work with BizTalk ... Somehow, that seems strange."
Me: "Strange? Why?"
Guy: "Well, you know, women and BizTalk? I can't picture the two together. BizTalk is difficult."
Me (thinking): "Is he joking or is he just a dork?"
Remark #2
(Via e-mail, from a developer working for one of my clients)
Me: "Hi Andy! Did that thing I sent you work?" [A week ago I sent him an MSBuild task and script to add to his TFS build scripts]
Andy: "I haven't had the time to test it yet.'
Me: "Ok. No problem. Just curious." [I sent him the code without testing]
Andy: "Just like all woman :)"
And yesterday was International Women's Day!
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