Tag: women

On Being Too Smart and Assertive in the Workplace | Kameron Hurley

http://www.kameronhurley.com/on-being-too-smart-and-assertive-in-the-workplace/

Encouragement and inspiration for me.  I loved the observation about a bad job being like a bad relationship.

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NPR: Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech

 But every time you write on a computer, play a music file or add up a number with your phone’s calculator, you are using tools that might not exist without the work of these women.

— Laura Sydell, The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech, NPR, October 6, 2014

Article: Why women leave tech: It’s the culture, not because ‘math is hard’

Why women leave tech: It’s the culture, not because ‘math is hard’

http://fortune.com/2014/10/02/women-leave-tech-culture/

Another article that my experience in tech proves out.  Apparently, I am too stubborn to quit though.

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Article: Women In Tech: It’s Not Just A Pipeline Problem

Women In Tech: It’s Not Just A Pipeline Problem

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/23/just-another-white-dude-writing-about-diversity/

Maybe, just maybe, a perception of the tech industry as a toxic environment for women has had something to do with that decline. Maybe the pipeline problem is not independent of the trapdoor problem.

Just what I needed to read before I subject myself back into my own work environment after a four day weekend.

My trapdoor is just a trap.  The door part appears to be jammed.

And on that cheery note … Happy Monday morning!

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‘League Of Their Own’ Inspiration Didn’t Mind A Dirty Skirt : NPR

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/258159871/league-of-their-own-inspiration-didnt-mind-a-dirty-skirt?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

I loved that movie and the true stories behind it. Saddened to learn of her death.

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