I like geek girls!!
Dave
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Dennis,
I think that the article is correct that girls and teens are sensitive to
the "geek stigma factor". Even in our 10-year-old Girl Scout troop, the
girls are already concerned about their images and not being too "dorky".
We have many more girls vote for activities involving animals and crafts
than activities centered on math and science. The votes are usually about
8 to 1 with only one or two girls voting to do the math or science
activities. Pretty sad, especially considering that the Girl Scouts
organization tries really hard to push those technical and math/science
programs and make them interesting and fun.
The 25% number cited in the article for women in the IT sector seems pretty
close to the number that we have show up at our local Oracle User's Group
meeting. I think that the participation by women in our user's group has
increased steadily in the last 10 years.
Perhaps more women are drawn to database work than IT in general as it
tends to be more administrative than say, programming.
I'd also have to say that in many cases, being an Oracle DBA can be pretty
grueling for those with families and for women with families in particular.
Cherie Machler
Oracle DBA
Gelco Information Network
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Please respond
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Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The consensus
was
that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. Here is an
article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in IT is
decreasing. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501
Any theories?
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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