I'm a college professor that teaches nothing but IT classes (mostly open-source these days). I teach women (25%)and men (75%) and have to say that they work different as if that was a revelation to any of you.
A good portion of the men succeed in the industry and a good portion of the women fail and people like to label the industry as prejudice, man dominated, cruel etc... Some people go as far as saying men are just smarter than women. I've had a lot of students go through my classes and I'll tell you the real truth from my experience teaching both men and women.
Women (including the poster quoted in the original message) think that work is work and school is school and any time after either can be spent walking the dog, cleaning and cooking turkeys. There are 168 hrs in a week and the successful IT people use as many as they can to better their knowledge and experience - most are men. Here's a heads up for everyone (including men) that think they can go home after class/work and watch t.v. or bake a cake. When you're baking that cake one of your fellow classmates/empolyees is setting up a domain controller or DNS server. The next day when you get back to work he gets a promotion and you're still replacing keyboards and resetting passwords (but the cake turned out great). If replacing keyboards is your thing then don't complain about the $12/hr you make. If you want more then you need to take your destiny into your own hands and get busy. If you think this is unfair then get a different job like rotisserie oven repair or shift supervisor at the local McDonalds.
If you think I've been harsh, get over it, I don't make the rules. Woman are smart enough, have good work ethics but don't understand that IT isn't a job, it's a life. Live it or don't, it's your choice.
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A good portion of the men succeed in the industry and a good portion of the women fail and people like to label the industry as prejudice, man dominated, cruel etc... Some people go as far as saying men are just smarter than women. I've had a lot of students go through my classes and I'll tell you the real truth from my experience teaching both men and women.
Women (including the poster quoted in the original message) think that work is work and school is school and any time after either can be spent walking the dog, cleaning and cooking turkeys. There are 168 hrs in a week and the successful IT people use as many as they can to better their knowledge and experience - most are men. Here's a heads up for everyone (including men) that think they can go home after class/work and watch t.v. or bake a cake. When you're baking that cake one of your fellow classmates/empolyees is setting up a domain controller or DNS server. The next day when you get back to work he gets a promotion and you're still replacing keyboards and resetting passwords (but the cake turned out great). If replacing keyboards is your thing then don't complain about the $12/hr you make. If you want more then you need to take your destiny into your own hands and get busy. If you think this is unfair then get a different job like rotisserie oven repair or shift supervisor at the local McDonalds.
If you think I've been harsh, get over it, I don't make the rules. Woman are smart enough, have good work ethics but don't understand that IT isn't a job, it's a life. Live it or don't, it's your choice.