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Women Leaving I.T.
Deinhard writes "NewsFactor is running a story on the exodus of women from the I.T. field. According to the article, women made up 41% of the I.T workforce in 1996. That number dropped to 35% by 2002 and that "the downward spiral is gaining momentum." While this is certainly a concern, what are the overall effects of such a mass departure?"
it means less work getting a screensaver to work or a photocopier so they can film their butt. it means we can get more technologically advanced desktop models and get rid of the single mouse macs. woah bliss.
- clothes
- TV series
- spreading rumours
- horoscopes (yeah, it's that bad)
This does apply even to women who are nominally intelligent, educated, and so on. I'm not saying that all women are geek-incompatible, just a vast, vast majority is. I have read an interview with a number of female survivors from the Auschwitz death camp. I was totally shocked: the topics they elaborated on was the looks of the prisoners, the clothes they got (from the non-utilitarian point of view), how devastating the haircuts were...What I want, is a woman who has her own interests (not necessarily computer-based), and can understand the interests of others.
An example: recently, I've made a half-assed attempt to make chainmail, and failed miserably. A typical geekish man would most likely take a look, throw in some pieces of advice or, most likely, pick on me because of the lameness of my attempts. A typical woman, on the other hand, would chastise me for wasting time then return to watching her soap opera.
Among the women I've met, I would say there is around _10_ specimens who can understand other people's interests, about half of them being acceptable with regards to age, etc.
To make things worse, the best one lives on the opposite side (relative to the axis) of Earth. Dammit.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Better hire a man.
I notice the article says "in the U.S." I wonder whether this says more about culture than gender.
Since your major is in Engineering, we'll assume that you were drunk through the liberal arts requirment.
... what, exactly, to do with the topic under discussion?"
Quote:"Hell, idiot geek students almost turned me to another major. When it looks like you will have to probably spend the rest of your life with people you can't stand, you start looking for alternatives.
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A rather simple parse of the grandparents comment would lead to a probable conclusion that these "idiot geeks" would be co-workers in future career goals. Additionally, they'd also likely represent the usual members of the job skillset group. To whit, if the people you are currrently gaining an education beside are overwhelmingly annoying, you may want to try another career path with less idiots.
Now add to that the fabled geek social skills, and you may begin to understand why women may not want to put up with the morons. But you being an engineering major, already know what it's like to deal with socially moronic people. It beggars the imagination how you as a woman manage to deal with it. My hat's off to you.
P.S. Try to stay awake the next time you're in an english class. It'll immeasurably help your reading comprehension, even if it is **just** liberal arts crap. And yes, my spelling sucks.