Most companies quit buying free pizza years ago!
As a woman that has worked in IT doing hardware/OS/Citrix support I'd say most of the comments here are pretty far off. Women do have their issues in this industry as well as a variety of industries as well. But so do men, and people of various races, religions and sexualities! If you ask me your experience in the industry will be exactly what you make of it, regardless of any of these factors.
I'm 38, and I think I can safely say the primary reason that there aren't a lot of women my age in the industry is because when we were growing up there was still the lingering perception that science/math (computers scarcely existed then) were "boy things." I don't think that is the case so much anymore, and consequently there are a lot more women in IT than there used to be.
I personally very much enjoy being a "geek" on most days! I don't think anyone is driving girls away from anything! Silliness!
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Most companies quit buying free pizza years ago! As a woman that has worked in IT doing hardware/OS/Citrix support I'd say most of the comments here are pretty far off. Women do have their issues in this industry as well as a variety of industries as well. But so do men, and people of various races, religions and sexualities! If you ask me your experience in the industry will be exactly what you make of it, regardless of any of these factors. I'm 38, and I think I can safely say the primary reason that there aren't a lot of women my age in the industry is because when we were growing up there was still the lingering perception that science/math (computers scarcely existed then) were "boy things." I don't think that is the case so much anymore, and consequently there are a lot more women in IT than there used to be. I personally very much enjoy being a "geek" on most days! I don't think anyone is driving girls away from anything! Silliness!