On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:23:36AM -0400, Christian MacAuley wrote:
> You know, i wonder sometimes what people think if me when i'm sitting in a
> public place like this looking young and not looking geeky (this *does*
> happen occasionally :P) talking to other not-so-geeky-looking young female
> friends about technical topics. I get the feeling sometimes that older
> non-geek men who seem to be listening are a little threatened by the fact
> that we young women can know so much more about computers than them. Then i
> think ... "Suckers ..."
I brought a computer home from work on the train in peak hour the other day to
see if I could fix up various network and video card interrupt problems (not
that I have - I don't lay claim to being a hardware geek) and ended up
sitting near a couple of older men who seemed to run a web business. I
wondered what they'd think about a girl lugging a box around but they
seemed unfazed... one recommended I do what they're 'guys' at work do,
which is put a handle on top - I wondered if that included *any* female
techie employees but it was impossible to tell from the phrasing.
Mary.
--
"We're never going to rustle sheep by hotwiring each individual sheep one
at a time." - Triangle and Robert.
(http://people.ne.mediaone.net/pshaughn/tandr.html)
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