women in technology

[ethernight]

Throughout the course of my career, I have worked in support roles doing administrative work, I have worked in support roles in technology companies, and I have worked for technology companies as a skilled employee

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[anonymous]

[the_xtina]

Who the ass thought that image was anything even remotely resembling a good idea?

[ethernight]

That it was a skull numbingly stupid idea, nobody disagrees.

[severed_rose]

Though I'm not (too) involved in the tech industry, I have many female friends who are, and have noticed, at least in the LA area, a huge push for women to become MORE involved in tech. They have "Women in Tech" meet-ups and events frequently, etc.

One thing I have noticed, though, is that when these events happen, they often end up being a bit objectified by some of he men that know about them, with blogs going up about the sexy women in tech, and groups of men trying to crash the events.

Being an outsider who hasn't actually been to any of these events in person, I don't know how much of a real perspective I can have on what transpires in the tech community. But it is interesting to keep an eye on as a semi-geek-by-proxy.