> > Am I kidding myself if I'm telling myself
> > that I can do anything men can do?
>
> No. As far as I can tell, there may be a difference in average aptitude for
> men and women in certain areas (due to socialization, biology, or whatever),
> but that doesn't say anything about what a particular individual is capable
> of.
I would also like to add that, in my experience, women are better than men
at this software thing. In my current situation, I was offered this position
by my partners because I was the best person for the job, and not because I
am female. Even though my company is still small, we have a 50-50 distribution
of males and females in the engineering department. Additionally, we are
looking at hiring two additional engineers and of the 100+ resumes we have
looked at the top two candidates are women. I'm hoping that we'll get'em.
Furthermore, in my last two jobs I have also been the lead in the teams I was
involved in, and the male-female ratio was about 50-50. Never have I encountered
either the condescendedness that you talk about, or the discrimination that I
hear so much about. Maybe I've led a sheltered life, but I doubt it.
In summary, don't you EVER think that you can't do something a man can. All it
takes is the desire to do it, and most of the time we can do things better than
men can.
So there!
Samantha Jo Moore
Chief Technology Officer - The Tahoe Group, Inc.
http://www.thetahoegroup.com
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