Comments on: Issues for Women in Technology – SQL University

By: SQL Awesomesauce » Blog Archive » 24HOP WIT in March? Jen says YES.

SQL Awesomesauce » Blog Archive » 24HOP WIT in March? Jen says YES. — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:36:52 +0000

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By: SQL Awesomesauce » Blog Archive » You Earn More Than I Do

SQL Awesomesauce » Blog Archive » You Earn More Than I Do — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:54:26 +0000

[...] exist here and there, I think the situation today is very different. I’ve already done my research for the summer on the subject, so today I’ll stick to my own observations, experiences, and [...]

By: Jen McCown

Jen McCown — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:01:22 +0000

wnylibrarian,

Thanks! I’m always fascinated how we either manage to or manage to miss slipping into a particular groove career-wise. I have a friend who’s currently struggling with this exact problem. She’s intelligent, personable, and wildly talented in several areas, but can’t seem to find the right place…I’ll send here here, I bet your reply resonates.

(Btw, she worked for a time as a librarian, too.)

By: Jen McCown

Jen McCown — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:57:39 +0000

Janice: You’re welcome!

Denise: “each of them credited their parents for introducing them to technology and encouraging them to follow their interests into the field.” I’m not at all surprised; we’re all more likely to have knowledge of, and be interested in, the things we were exposed to as kids. I suspect this is why a large part of the WIT movement is involved with children’s tech programs!

By: Database Design 101a, #SQLU « MERGE Learning AS Target USING SQL

Database Design 101a, #SQLU « MERGE Learning AS Target USING SQL — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:01:57 +0000

[...] know Professor McCown left you Friday with a lot to think about regarding women in technology. I hope you found time in your busy lives to take initiative with any women you know that are [...]

By: wnylibrarian

wnylibrarian — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:32:56 +0000

You hit it on the head when you said, “When I was in school, I didn’t have a clear idea of what jobs were available.” Exactly. No one does—really, and unfortunately, our education system is dependent upon a pre-determined outcome unless something foreign is introduced. In your case the foreign agent was your brother working with computers. If this did not exist then what would you have been pushed toward by the system? Teaching? Librarian? The dreaded ambiguous “home economics” because that’s what a lot of ‘girls’ do? How wrong is that? Now I’m a man, and a librarian. The pre-disposition to librarians are “old ladies with hair in buns.” However, my foreign agent was a professor who introduced me to library science and information retrieval. I organize and correlate data. I create/manage websites, HTML coding, and of course databases. Anyone can do anything based upon their skill level. The gender specificity that some try to impose nonsense. The trick is properly exposing people, no matter the age but high/middle school kids especially, to enough items so that they discover skills they didn’t know they had. How does one know if they’re interested in any particular area unless they’re exposed to it. That is the tragedy I think. Men as well as women having their self-discovery limited in this manner. This was an awesome post!