Comment Re:Easy (Score 1) 1027
I sort of agree, but my perception is, women stay out of IT and Engineering because there is typically zero social interaction at work. Even if the men in a department socialize with each other, they leave the woman in the office out of the loop. Since we are a minority in the field, there is usually no other woman to talk or brainstorm with. Many women I know who work from home or quit their jobs to stay home with the kids (women not just in IT) start climbing the walls after a year because they want some adult human interaction. This probably has to do with women being more social and emotional than men. That is why women are "better" at business IT, there are more relationships in business.
My personal experience, however, is that women have to prove themselves on a job. If a man has a great resume and interviews well, he gets the job. The same would go for a woman, but when a man actual starts work, people expect that everything on his resume is true. That he really has that experience level. When a woman starts a job, she is on a trial basis until she proves she is competent and knowledgeable. Constantly being second guessed or doubted is annoying. Especially when the person who doubted you inevitably comes to the same conclusion but takes full credit for it.
My personal experience, however, is that women have to prove themselves on a job. If a man has a great resume and interviews well, he gets the job. The same would go for a woman, but when a man actual starts work, people expect that everything on his resume is true. That he really has that experience level. When a woman starts a job, she is on a trial basis until she proves she is competent and knowledgeable. Constantly being second guessed or doubted is annoying. Especially when the person who doubted you inevitably comes to the same conclusion but takes full credit for it.
