The problem is that many women (and some men) are going to be turned away from IT just because people like you don't care to make a bit of effort to accommodate others and be more cordial.
Erm. You seem to misunderstand the whole concept of a job. You get paid to do something you wouldn't do on your own.
So getting paid means you'll have to put up with some stuff you don't like. Of course it makes sense to generally choose a job with stuff that you like, as this makes it a lot easier, but you'll still have to do stuff you don't like. I enjoy most off my work, but i don't enjoy writing reports. Or dealing with some particularly difficult customers. That's why you get paid, so that you shut the fuck up and do your fucking job even if you don't like it.
No, this is simple normal behaviour. You're not the norm, you stand out, people make fun of you. That's how it worked since kindergarten.
It's not nice, it's not fair, but it's how the world runs. You'll have to learn to deal with this, and get on with doing your job.
I know that it's not exactly the same situation (because i could easily change mine), but it's a bit related: I'm obese and ugly. People notice that. People make fun about it.
However these things usually change as soon as you have qualified yourself in your workspace - by being part of whatever you have to do, no matter what it is. The only way you can make this worse is to constantly complain about people that make fun of you to upper management. You'll lose. Just get on with it, deal with it.
So, they expected a guy. Look, this is simple statistics.
How many of the techs in your company are men? Let's assume 80%. So if they get told that a tech is coming, what are they going to expect? A man.
Nothing to get offended by.
Same thing would happen if I was told that the nurse was coming, and then a guy would show up. I'd be irritated for a split second because i've expected a woman.
I know, i know, the grand parent said "medium sized", but i'm just going to ignore that.
In smaller shops, there's usually no manager who just does "meta-work" (aka managing). Real work has to get done, you don't have enough budget, you don't have enough techs, so you'll have to do some of your own. Usually managers in smaller companies are just senior techs that have to do the managing stuff too. Two job roles rolled into one. It's normal.
OTOH, working in small companies also has its upsides. While you're usually heavily budget constrained, you'll have much more freedom in making decisions, getting approval for those from the CEO, etc.
I don't know about you, but i prefer having a women near my ridiculously pecker than a man. Not that i have a problem with your orientation or anything.
But back on topic: Are there males that want to be nurses? A few, probably. Are these able to get into the nursing field? It seems so.
Just because there isn't much demand for something doesn't mean that something is wrong.
Add the social ineptitude of most people working in IT and it makes for a pretty damn cold and uninviting place, except for those who have similar traits. Okay.. So you're saying that most women do not want to work in the IT field, because they don't like the atmosphere there?
If the answer is yes, then where do you see a problem with that?
The only case there could is if a women _wanted_ to work in the IT field, but couldn't. But that's not the case. So everything is perfectly fine. Move along now.
You'll always have to deal with assholes, no matter what gender you are. And in todays society, everyone has to learn that they can't take cover behind someone, that they have to stand up and fight for themselves.
And i still think that if a women wants to work in an IT environment, she has exactly the same chance as a male (at least here in Switzerland). But she'll usually also have the same difficulties. Obnoxious coworkers, idiot customers, etc.
And remember, in a work place only your emotional strength counts. I've never seen adult people fight during work, so there's absolutely no disadvantage for women here.
Hmm, the 802.1x stuff seemed to work quite smooth for one of our development guys, which uses a Ubuntu Laptop for certain Java tests.
802.1x was configured in Minutes by just using the GUI, after installing the gnome network manager using ubuntus install thingie.
We're using EAP-PEAP though, not EAP-TLS. And of course it's not as nice as connecting the machine and having it receive all the necessary settings througha group policy;)
Disclaimer: I'm an MCSE and currently work for a Microsoft Partner - still, it's my honest opinion.
I would call myself "pro-Microsoft Software". Mainly because i actually like most of their software, and think that they currently the best Business Desktop and Collaboration products.
That doesn't mean that Microsoft software is perfect, or that Microsoft the company is a good company. There are many idiosyncrasies in their products, mainly to retain backwords compatibility (which is a key point in the Microsoft market).
The problem i've seen most often is that people think that Microsoft software is easy to use. It's not. It's just as complicated as every other operating system out there - and in some areas Microsoft offers much more features than the competition, making Windows even more difficult to learn. I've seen many people which lack the necessary clue to debug permission problems on Windows, while this usually isn't true for Linux admins.
Incompetent Microsoft admins are also what gives many Microsoft products a bad name. It's important to listen to users and solve their problems - most of them come from stupid default settings supplied by Microsoft, or from missing knowledge. Windows offers a GUI for most things, and thus it looks like it's easy. But it's not. In several areas, Windows is a lot more complex than Linux, mostly because it offers features that simply don't exist on Linux, like Active Directory (Active Directory is an umbrella term for LDAP/Kerberos/Central Policies/LDAP Replication). As soon as you start to implement something like Active Directory, you're much more developing than implementing, currently leading to many homegrown solutions. And the Enterprise market wants standardization. (I believe novell has a product with a similar featureset, called ZenWORKS)
A few years back, i've started my IT career with Linux. I'm still using Linux for infrastructure (Webservers, Routing/Firewall/VPN), but not on desktops. During my apprenticeship, i came to appreciate Microsoft software and learn how it really works.
I have an iPAQ Voice Messenger 510 - essentially a Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone.
I don't have any software associated with this device on my laptop. It syncs directly over the air against my companies Exchange Server 2007. It retrieves my contacts, tasks, calender ond of course mails from it. Everything directly over the air, secured using SSL by either U:PW or Clientside certificates.
It also retrieves company settings from the server, like the minimally required device password, remote wipe, etc. pp. from it.
Software updates can either happen managed by the server too (this requires 3rd party software, though), or directly against Microsoft's Windows Update server. Again, all works over the air.
The good thing? This device costs 200US$ without a contract. No, it doesn't have a nice screen. No, surfing the Web is a PITA.
But Messaging & Calendaring work exceptionelly well, with no effort required.
No (normal) teenager will EVER decline sex because of risk for pregnancy/stds. Of course if they were indoctrinated some crazy religious bullshit by batshit insane parents they might, but if they are somewhat normal, no matter how intelligent, they'll never decline.
I did that once for a court case - not SOX etc. related.
I sent about 5000 pages through a courier with cash on delivery (Paper, Toner, etc. isn't cheap). I got my money and they got their data, in unusuable form.
Being an MS Partner doesn't mean much (i say this because i'm the one who has to deal with this sales shit at our company).
Here, we've already upgraded our technical computers, but moving the rest of the employees is currently impossible because they're using mostly horribly outdated hardware. And as long as Windows XP is still supported, there is not much of a Business case for moving to Vista, especially because it is rather expensive to buy new machines, etc.
Something i heard often about car crashes (and never found anything verifiable about it) is that the driver's seat is the safest spot.
Not because of airbags or the location in the car, but because he's usually the only one that is aware of the impending crash, and his body is thus able to absorb more damage. As said, i've never seen anything verifiable about this, but i heard it from multiple, unrelated people.
These are smartphones - not mobile phones. Both my smartphones (first a Communicator, now a HTC MTeoR) sucked up juice like PDAs.
With UMTS, the MTeoR lasts about 36 hours - so you'll have to charge it every night. Of course this is with Push-Email enabled, and heavy use (both as a cell phone and as a modem).
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Erm. You seem to misunderstand the whole concept of a job. You get paid to do something you wouldn't do on your own.
So getting paid means you'll have to put up with some stuff you don't like. Of course it makes sense to generally choose a job with stuff that you like, as this makes it a lot easier, but you'll still have to do stuff you don't like. I enjoy most off my work, but i don't enjoy writing reports. Or dealing with some particularly difficult customers. That's why you get paid, so that you shut the fuck up and do your fucking job even if you don't like it.
Hey, they're _free_. I'll always find a way to use free stuff. If not, i can always sell them at a yard sale.
Hate to break your argument, but it's rather simple that as a hetero, all my female co-workers _are_ potential (though minute) mates.
There's no way to change that, except maybe a drug therapy that makes you asexual or something.
No, this is simple normal behaviour. You're not the norm, you stand out, people make fun of you. That's how it worked since kindergarten.
It's not nice, it's not fair, but it's how the world runs. You'll have to learn to deal with this, and get on with doing your job.
I know that it's not exactly the same situation (because i could easily change mine), but it's a bit related: I'm obese and ugly. People notice that. People make fun about it.
However these things usually change as soon as you have qualified yourself in your workspace - by being part of whatever you have to do, no matter what it is. The only way you can make this worse is to constantly complain about people that make fun of you to upper management. You'll lose. Just get on with it, deal with it.
So, they expected a guy. Look, this is simple statistics.
How many of the techs in your company are men? Let's assume 80%. So if they get told that a tech is coming, what are they going to expect? A man.
Nothing to get offended by.
Same thing would happen if I was told that the nurse was coming, and then a guy would show up. I'd be irritated for a split second because i've expected a woman.
Does this make me a bad person?
I'd like to have a few of these "free" wombs.
I know, i know, the grand parent said "medium sized", but i'm just going to ignore that.
In smaller shops, there's usually no manager who just does "meta-work" (aka managing). Real work has to get done, you don't have enough budget, you don't have enough techs, so you'll have to do some of your own. Usually managers in smaller companies are just senior techs that have to do the managing stuff too. Two job roles rolled into one. It's normal.
OTOH, working in small companies also has its upsides. While you're usually heavily budget constrained, you'll have much more freedom in making decisions, getting approval for those from the CEO, etc.
I don't know about you, but i prefer having a women near my ridiculously pecker than a man. Not that i have a problem with your orientation or anything.
But back on topic: Are there males that want to be nurses? A few, probably. Are these able to get into the nursing field? It seems so.
Just because there isn't much demand for something doesn't mean that something is wrong.
CS is not i would call "IT".
;)
See, IT is basically what janitors are to houses. CS is what architects are to houses.
(I'm a system administrator without any CS degree, btw
If the answer is yes, then where do you see a problem with that?
The only case there could is if a women _wanted_ to work in the IT field, but couldn't. But that's not the case. So everything is perfectly fine. Move along now.
You'll always have to deal with assholes, no matter what gender you are. And in todays society, everyone has to learn that they can't take cover behind someone, that they have to stand up and fight for themselves.
And i still think that if a women wants to work in an IT environment, she has exactly the same chance as a male (at least here in Switzerland). But she'll usually also have the same difficulties. Obnoxious coworkers, idiot customers, etc.
And remember, in a work place only your emotional strength counts. I've never seen adult people fight during work, so there's absolutely no disadvantage for women here.
Hmm, the 802.1x stuff seemed to work quite smooth for one of our development guys, which uses a Ubuntu Laptop for certain Java tests.
;)
802.1x was configured in Minutes by just using the GUI, after installing the gnome network manager using ubuntus install thingie.
We're using EAP-PEAP though, not EAP-TLS. And of course it's not as nice as connecting the machine and having it receive all the necessary settings througha group policy
Disclaimer: I'm an MCSE and currently work for a Microsoft Partner - still, it's my honest opinion.
I would call myself "pro-Microsoft Software". Mainly because i actually like most of their software, and think that they currently the best Business Desktop and Collaboration products.
That doesn't mean that Microsoft software is perfect, or that Microsoft the company is a good company. There are many idiosyncrasies in their products, mainly to retain backwords compatibility (which is a key point in the Microsoft market).
The problem i've seen most often is that people think that Microsoft software is easy to use. It's not. It's just as complicated as every other operating system out there - and in some areas Microsoft offers much more features than the competition, making Windows even more difficult to learn. I've seen many people which lack the necessary clue to debug permission problems on Windows, while this usually isn't true for Linux admins.
Incompetent Microsoft admins are also what gives many Microsoft products a bad name. It's important to listen to users and solve their problems - most of them come from stupid default settings supplied by Microsoft, or from missing knowledge. Windows offers a GUI for most things, and thus it looks like it's easy. But it's not. In several areas, Windows is a lot more complex than Linux, mostly because it offers features that simply don't exist on Linux, like Active Directory (Active Directory is an umbrella term for LDAP/Kerberos/Central Policies/LDAP Replication). As soon as you start to implement something like Active Directory, you're much more developing than implementing, currently leading to many homegrown solutions. And the Enterprise market wants standardization. (I believe novell has a product with a similar featureset, called ZenWORKS)
A few years back, i've started my IT career with Linux. I'm still using Linux for infrastructure (Webservers, Routing/Firewall/VPN), but not on desktops. During my apprenticeship, i came to appreciate Microsoft software and learn how it really works.
I have an iPAQ Voice Messenger 510 - essentially a Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone.
I don't have any software associated with this device on my laptop. It syncs directly over the air against my companies Exchange Server 2007. It retrieves my contacts, tasks, calender ond of course mails from it. Everything directly over the air, secured using SSL by either U:PW or Clientside certificates.
It also retrieves company settings from the server, like the minimally required device password, remote wipe, etc. pp. from it.
Software updates can either happen managed by the server too (this requires 3rd party software, though), or directly against Microsoft's Windows Update server. Again, all works over the air.
The good thing? This device costs 200US$ without a contract. No, it doesn't have a nice screen. No, surfing the Web is a PITA.
But Messaging & Calendaring work exceptionelly well, with no effort required.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that thinking.
Even if I'm obese and ugly, that doesn't mean that I find obese and ugly women attractive.
No (normal) teenager will EVER decline sex because of risk for pregnancy/stds. Of course if they were indoctrinated some crazy religious bullshit by batshit insane parents they might, but if they are somewhat normal, no matter how intelligent, they'll never decline.
People always lie to everyone. It's how the world works. Get real.
You prude! Where's your problem man? ;)
I did that once for a court case - not SOX etc. related.
I sent about 5000 pages through a courier with cash on delivery (Paper, Toner, etc. isn't cheap). I got my money and they got their data, in unusuable form.
Being an MS Partner doesn't mean much (i say this because i'm the one who has to deal with this sales shit at our company).
Here, we've already upgraded our technical computers, but moving the rest of the employees is currently impossible because they're using mostly horribly outdated hardware. And as long as Windows XP is still supported, there is not much of a Business case for moving to Vista, especially because it is rather expensive to buy new machines, etc.
Of course. And do you know how many trucks are needed to ship hundreds of Windows Vista SKUs to enterprise customers? It's not funny!
Enterprises also assembles all computer from parts bought through Newegg, to save money.
Something i heard often about car crashes (and never found anything verifiable about it) is that the driver's seat is the safest spot.
Not because of airbags or the location in the car, but because he's usually the only one that is aware of the impending crash, and his body is thus able to absorb more damage. As said, i've never seen anything verifiable about this, but i heard it from multiple, unrelated people.
Use an Hosted Exchange offer, for example?
That was a big problem, and it wasn't funny that Microsoft took AGES to fix this.
However, there were several viable and working workarounds (mostly developed by the community).
And your "not logging off" variant does not work if you've configured the GPOs for the WU Client correctly...
These are smartphones - not mobile phones. Both my smartphones (first a Communicator, now a HTC MTeoR) sucked up juice like PDAs.
With UMTS, the MTeoR lasts about 36 hours - so you'll have to charge it every night. Of course this is with Push-Email enabled, and heavy use (both as a cell phone and as a modem).