Whichever combination of theories it is, I find it very heartening.
~~~Nicoya...
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|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
|Behalf Of srl
|Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:41 AM
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: Re: [issues] women and training
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|On 2 Feb 2000, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
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|> As some of you may know, I work as a trainer teaching Unix, Perl and
|> Internet stuff.
|>
|> Recently (the last 6 months or so) I've noticed a trend which is, quite
|> frankly, astonishing: more than half my trainees are female.
|>
|> All of these courses are very technical and aimed at people in the IT
|> industry.
|>
|> Any guesses as to what's going on?
|
|1> More females are getting into technical careers than in the past.
|
|2> More females realize what they don't know and are willing to take
|classes to beef up their skills--- or can convince their employers to pay
|for them.
|
|3> There are lots of females in low-to-mid-level tech jobs who are
|starting to migrate to higher-level tech jobs.
|
|but that's off the top of my head.
|
|srl
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