Kathleen Weaver wrote:
>
> >Again, I understand that things have to start somewhere, and I would
> >2) What are good ways to lower the cost of admission to the high-tech
> >'club'?
>
> Start good programs in high school. Sadly few computer science teachers
> are competent.
Actually, this
Dan McGarry wrote:
>
> The social make-up of the open source
> community is nearly identical to the social make-up of university computer
> science classes.
I'm an exception, and so is Dancer. So...
> 1) Does high-tech always *require* an advanced education?
No. Dancer doesn't have it - bu
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Bearing in mind that, rating myself from 1-10 on the experienced
geek scale I'm at about a 2 1/2 (but climbing frantically!)
>1) Does high-tech always *require* an advanced education?
Not at all from my spot in the audience. As I read job posti
On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 08:57:52 -0500 (EST), Deleria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>What surprised me at first was the large amount of critisism from my
>female friends and family members. After sorting it out in my own
>mind, I realized why: Women have come such a long way in fighting for
>our rights to
>Again, I understand that things have to start somewhere, and I would be
the
>last to suggest this group was lacking in sensitivity to others. I would
>however point out that it would be a very good thing to have an offline
>element that can support teachers like Kathleen in making sure that
every
I've been reading this thread with great interest. When I combined some of
the insights put forward here with a demographic survey I saw the other day,
I found an interesting correspondance: The social make-up of the open source
community is nearly identical to the social make-up of university com
>What surprised me at first was the large amount of critisism from my
>female friends and family members. After sorting it out in my own mind, I
>realized why: Women have come such a long way in fighting for our rights
>to be equal that some are still afraid that women who chose to be in
>traditio
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Mary Wood wrote:
The glass ceiling, as I see it, is 3-layered:
> Visible, Invisible, and Imaginary.
Granted, that is VERY snipped, but it was a long (but chocked full of
quality discussion) message.
I think many, many things that Mary said were very valid and well-put.
