IT is boring
I went to a Women in IT event again this morning. I love what they
are doing, giving bursaries to girls who want to study in the IT field, having
mentorship programs, helping out in the community. They have a new project where
they need women in the community to go and help out at a hospice in Olievenhoutbosch for a day. Olievenhoutbosch is a very
poor area with about a 50% unemployment rate.
On top of that it is a great networking opportunity, meeting other women that
work at IT companies. Please note my words: work at IT
companies. Unfortunately all the women I met at these events are actually in
sales, finance or marketing. Not even one technical one :(
The worst conversation today went like this:
Me: So what do you do at
XYZ?
She: I'm in sales and you?
Me: I'm a programmer.
She: O, the
boring part of IT.
Me: WTF are you in any way doing here if you are in
sales? (Not really, but I wanted to)
WTF!!!??? Isn't that actually the mentallity that we are
trying to squash with these kind of events?? Freaking women!! :P
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