This was a June 28th-thing...
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
Which is just sad. I actually encouraged a couple ladies to apply for help-desk positions lately. They don't know IT specifically, but they're good at following directions, and probably quicker than me in actually learning the why behind actions. They're also a lot better interacting with people than I am (I know, you're all soooo surprised by that
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@travisdh1 said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
Which is just sad. I actually encouraged a couple ladies to apply for help-desk positions lately. They don't know IT specifically, but they're good at following directions, and probably quicker than me in actually learning the why behind actions. They're also a lot better interacting with people than I am (I know, you're all soooo surprised by that
)Did any of them decide to do it? Other than my wife, I don't think that I've ever talked any woman into going into any IT job, and I've talked to many. For my wife it took a few of us working in IT, her directly seeing how much better our jobs and work/life balance was, how much more we were paid and knowing that we were all college drop outs (she was a forensic bio-chemist trained and employed) before she considered it.
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@travisdh1 said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
Which is just sad. I actually encouraged a couple ladies to apply for help-desk positions lately. They don't know IT specifically, but they're good at following directions, and probably quicker than me in actually learning the why behind actions. They're also a lot better interacting with people than I am (I know, you're all soooo surprised by that
)Did any of them decide to do it? Other than my wife, I don't think that I've ever talked any woman into going into any IT job, and I've talked to many. For my wife it took a few of us working in IT, her directly seeing how much better our jobs and work/life balance was, how much more we were paid and knowing that we were all college drop outs (she was a forensic bio-chemist trained and employed) before she considered it.
That reminds me another thing I see a lot from the sexist American IT guys is usually this idea that women are being forced into technology jobs against their will. It's a similar argument to "women just don't like technical jobs," but even dumber.
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@tonyshowoff said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@travisdh1 said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
Which is just sad. I actually encouraged a couple ladies to apply for help-desk positions lately. They don't know IT specifically, but they're good at following directions, and probably quicker than me in actually learning the why behind actions. They're also a lot better interacting with people than I am (I know, you're all soooo surprised by that
)Did any of them decide to do it? Other than my wife, I don't think that I've ever talked any woman into going into any IT job, and I've talked to many. For my wife it took a few of us working in IT, her directly seeing how much better our jobs and work/life balance was, how much more we were paid and knowing that we were all college drop outs (she was a forensic bio-chemist trained and employed) before she considered it.
That reminds me another thing I see a lot from the sexist American IT guys is usually this idea that women are being forced into technology jobs against their will. It's a similar argument to "women just don't like technical jobs," but even dumber.
I've not really seen that one. But I'm not surprised.
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@travisdh1 said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
Which is just sad. I actually encouraged a couple ladies to apply for help-desk positions lately. They don't know IT specifically, but they're good at following directions, and probably quicker than me in actually learning the why behind actions. They're also a lot better interacting with people than I am (I know, you're all soooo surprised by that
)Did any of them decide to do it? Other than my wife, I don't think that I've ever talked any woman into going into any IT job, and I've talked to many. For my wife it took a few of us working in IT, her directly seeing how much better our jobs and work/life balance was, how much more we were paid and knowing that we were all college drop outs (she was a forensic bio-chemist trained and employed) before she considered it.
I haven't talked to them since. They both had already had an interview as secretaries. I need to contact some other people I know, see if anything is even available in the area right now. I'll probably be seeing both of them in the next week or two, so we'll see.
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@dafyre said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Ironically 3 of my last 4 jobs the IT Directors were women, lol. And they were GOOD at IT, not just meh.
In the US it is considered acceptable for women to be managers, but not technicians. Women in IT often go into management very quickly. Or start in management without coming through IT.
They were both. One of them was also a programmer... She was so good at hacking around in the code of one company's software, they'd call HER if they had a problem they couldn't fix.
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@acs77043 said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@thanksajdotcom for a while that was the jewel in the collection. She was an ugly bitch (lol), but Windows 98 SE, 233-K6 processor, 54x CD-Rom/Burner, no modem, just an Ethernet port, 20GB HDD, oh and the best part, 512-MB SD Ram. I used to love to watch the beginning memtest, and the system count all of it.
It was a great story. I still chuckle every time I think about it. I believe the term "going all redneck/Jeff Foxworthy on it" was used in the conversation at one point, but I can't remember with 100% certainty. Lol
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Hey @acs77043 have you shown this to your daughter?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/9942/looking-for-highshool-it-intern/
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Hey @acs77043 have you shown this to your daughter?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/9942/looking-for-highshool-it-intern/
He already said she's only like 11...
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@thanksajdotcom said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Hey @acs77043 have you shown this to your daughter?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/9942/looking-for-highshool-it-intern/
He already said she's only like 11...
Ah, okay. Probably too young then.
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@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@thanksajdotcom said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
@scottalanmiller said in This was a June 28th-thing...:
Hey @acs77043 have you shown this to your daughter?
https://mangolassi.it/topic/9942/looking-for-highshool-it-intern/
He already said she's only like 11...
Ah, okay. Probably too young then.
Yup, just a bit...
