Girl Stuff
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...
Yesterday was the Barcelona-TechEd Girl Geek Dinner. I didn't know what to expect and I enjoyed it, although I would have liked to network more. There were two reasons why I think I did not get to meet many girl geeks: the dinner was seated so people did not really mix outside their table, I brought one of my colleagues - he is a really nice guy but I did not feel completely at ease talking about how it is being the only girl in the office. The speakers were great. Very inspirational (in fact, this...
While browsing the Tech-Ed 2006, I have found about Girly Geekdom, a blog hold by Sarah Blow to provide information and organize events on girl in IT. They are organizing a dinner at Tech-Ed and I will probably be joining them. It is really exciting to find out there are people out there like me! I really like my job and I think I am not too bad at it, but sometimes feel lonely or freaky. Also, I've been thinking for a while about organizing some sort of community of Girls in Technology but then...