women in computer science
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Process, and Culture
→: Process, and CultureAs an individual, I have habits, and I have processes. The processes are things that aren’t quite natural enough to be habits, yet. I think process helps me create a framework that helps me be effective – at work, and in life. For example, having a schedule for my blog. Posting something on Monday, Wednesday and Friday…
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On The Miseries of Technical Women: Dating
→: On The Miseries of Technical Women: DatingSo Much In Common Recurring theme where a guy who works in tech meets a technical woman and thinks “Wow! We have the same kind of job! We have so much in common!” Which I guess when you have just 20% women might be a special occasion for them… but by this metric I am…
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So, You Finally Have a Woman on Your Team?
→: So, You Finally Have a Woman on Your Team?Some unsolicited thoughts (OK, advice) for managers who finally have a woman reporting to them. 1. Meaningful Projects None of us got into the tech industry for the casual misogyny and the rampant sexual harassment, and we don’t go into work excited for the possibility of someone mistaking us for the help. Same as the…
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Walking The Line
→: Walking The LineI’ve been thinking, and worrying, and talking with other women about the how hard it can be to walk the line between being a bitch, and being a pushover, for a long time. It took me a long time to realise, that this line isn’t just a line we walk because it is there, isn’t…
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Book: The Male Factor
→: Book: The Male FactorThis book – The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace (Amazon) has to be one of the most depressing books I have ever read. Sometimes, surrounded by men, I think that I don’t understand the rules of the game that is on. Having read this book, and had…
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5 Tips When Applying to Opportunities For Women in STEM
→: 5 Tips When Applying to Opportunities For Women in STEMI’ve now reviewed a bunch of applications, for a number of different events. I’ve run the sessions that come afterwards deciding on who gets what, and as a result there are some mistakes that I’ve seen over and over again. I’m sure some women get rejected when they have a lot to offer, and part…
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The Pipeline is a Bullshit Argument, and Other Rants
→: The Pipeline is a Bullshit Argument, and Other RantsThe latest comments are from a guy who runs a startup incubator, but next week it will be someone else. Men, so many men, would like to explain why there are no women in the tech industry, and how it is not, actually, their fault, and there is nothing they can do, so can we…
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Emotional Women Have Context
→: Emotional Women Have ContextDo you remember the thing at Pycon, earlier this year? I’m not going to write specifically what, because I don’t want to linkbait. But if you are on Twitter and follow any technical women… I’m sure you saw it. It seemed like in the end, the consensus on the Internet (which I do not agree…
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Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
→: Getting Started with the Raspberry PiI lucked out in being in town when the Women Powering Technology Raspberry Pi event was on, and also in hearing about it – and being allowed in at the last minute! Of course I had heard about the Raspberry Pi, and loved the idea, but I’m pretty intimidated by hardware and cables, so it…