Aww, thanks Joe. My kids and husband thank you as well. The kids, especially, get geeked by the callouts. To them, the Java Posse is "the radio". Yes, I'm indoctrinating my children early.
Dianne On Oct 1, 5:05 pm, "Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse)" <[email protected]> wrote: > And it should be stated that Dianne is among the most frequent > specific callouts on the Java Posse podcast. We like her a lot! :-) > > - Joe > > On Oct 1, 10:21 am, Dianne Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yikes! I should have introduced myself. It's sort of rude to show up > > here and ask for abstracts, plus you got the wrong idea of who I was. > > > So, I'm a software developer who happens to also organize this > > conference (codemash). I own a software consulting company in Ann > > Arbor, with my co-founder, Bill Wagner. > > > I suck at GUI design, but I enjoy parallel and distributed > > processing. My current language of choice is Scala, but I have done > > some work in C# and LINQ and I really like LINQ. > > > I'm also a Java Posse Roundup attendee X 4. Until this year, I was > > the only woman who participated at the Roundup. You can hear me > > lament my transition from developer to manager in "Engineering vs. > > Management". On a good day, I still write code. Like today. > > > I used to participate in this group a bit more, but I'm crazy busy > > between trying to run the company, stay current in our industry, and > > with my 2 small children. Fortunately, I have a husband who rocks > > both as a husband and as a dad. It's hard to have 2 careers + > > parenting between us, but we're managing so far. > > > Anyhow, hope to meet some of you at CodeMash ... and/or at the > > Roundup. > > > Dianne > > > On Oct 1, 10:13 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Women get pulled into roles that require a lot of their time. Children > > > first > > > come to mind. My wife has the same computer science degree I have. One of > > > us > > > had to attend school meetings, get kids to the bus, etc. That is the role > > > she is playing right now. There may be other demands than family, but that > > > has got to be the biggest reason for the difference. > > > > Before you hit me about woman's lib and such, remember that each couple > > > makes a choice. My wife could have gotten a job writing software. She > > > would > > > be very good at it. That is not important though and since she has been > > > out > > > of practice for many years, getting back it would be quite difficult. We > > > have a profession that requires a lot of dedication to keep up with what > > > is > > > going on. Not as bad as doctors of course, but certainly more demanding > > > than > > > a real estate agent, bus driver, or other jobs that don't take so much of > > > your time that you are able to spend little time elsewhere. > > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Vince O'Sullivan > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > On Oct 1, 4:12 am, Dianne Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > : > > > > > Dianne > > > > > Oh, my god! Someone's let a woman in! Oh, phew. She's only a > > > > conference organiser. > > > > > No, seriously. Good luck with CodeMash. I'd love to come but there's > > > > no chance of that. > > > > > But where are all the female software developers? They used to form a > > > > sizeable minority a few years ago but, these days there just seems to > > > > be (even) fewer and fewer of them. Is that just my impression or has > > > > anyone else noticed this? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > > > .com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > Robert Castowww.robertcasto.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
