[TriLUG] The biggest deterrent for women in tech

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Thu May 2 01:35:52 EDT 2013


On Wed, 01 May 2013 18:57:42 -0400
John Vaughters <jvaughters04 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Danielle, 
> 
> I agree that is rude to single you out in a meeting like that and
> also the poor experience you had on your project. If it provides any
> solace, I have had my ideas ripped off on several occasions in my
> career and I was witness to it on other occasions. What I will tell
> you is this is not that uncommon, whether male or female and I would
> not be surprised if many have seen are been victim of this activity.
> 
> I will tell you two things that I did to come to terms.
> 
> 1. You always know that you were the one that solved the problem and
> no one can take that away from you. 

> 2. Continue to build your skills
> and get as much as you can from your current role, take on whatever
> they give you and be the best at it, because one or two things will
> happen. You will finally get noticed, but if you don't, then you can
> take all that experience and leave for a better job.

3. The person ready, willing and able to quit, and able to demonstrate
   that readiness, will and ability, is the person who gets more money
   and better working conditions. I have a feeling that a lot of the
   reason people become consultants is so they can have multiple
   clients and whipsaw them against each other.

It's possible that employers believe women are less likely to job jump.
If so, women should prove them wrong. As a matter of fact, anybody
should. In my opinion, the age of employer loyalty to their employees
died in the early 1970's. Why employees should feel a need to be loyal
to their employers is a mystery to me.

SteveT

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