I have not seen any sex discrimination. In fact I think it's just the
opposite. Many are very happy to see some diversity in the field.
We have two female Systems Engineers in my office at Cisco.
Kevin
At 10:45 AM 6/9/00 +0100, Ben Lovegrove wrote:
>Maria,
>
>Don't be discouraged by the ratio of men to women in networking. I'm
>sure most men would agree that work would be much more enjoyable if
>there were more women working alongside them. I was talking to a
>couple of CCIEs the other day and they said that there were many more
>women at the recent Networkers conference than in previous years. Some
>of these women were CCIEs. If they can make it, so can you.
>
>Stay focused, keep a sense of humour, but don't let anyone treat you
>any less than an equal.
>
>Good luck
>
>Ben
>--- "Ms. Maria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello my friends,
> >
> > I have been looking for a job in Cisco field. I have earned CCNA,
> > already
> > have MCSE, and doing my CCNP now. While going for interviews, I
> > sometime
> > feel that this Routing and Swtiching environment is strictly man
> > dominated.
> > I have never seen a woman interviewing me for WAN job. Funny thing
> > is that
> > I am going to one institute from last couple of months and I am only
> > one
> > girl taking CCNP classes with 25+ men in my class. Sometimes, I sit
> > back and
> > think that if I have chosen a wrong profession?? Any advice from
> > people who
> > are already working in this field will be helpful. Is there any sex
> > discrimination going on for these jobs?
> > By the way, I am in USA this time.
> >
> > Thanks for the consideration!
> >
> > Maria
> >
> >
> >
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