I find that more people consider my age (17) over my gender; it's more of a
shock that I'm coming out of high school with 2 certifications (CCNA & CNA)
than it is that I'm female. I totally agree with you here, that once you prove
that you know what you're doing, it's all irrelevant.
Liz Bander.
Ida Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From a Asia female point of view, it is a very little bit difference but
> not discrimination. For the networking world, men are easy to accept men
> can do the job and they will not realize women could able to do it as good
> as men. But most of the networkers are open-minded, once the technical
> conversation start, they can distinguish if you are capable to do it or
> not. I think female engineer only has to be a bit patient more. Bottom
> line is no matter which gender you are, if you know nothing or not
> aggressive to power up your knowledge, then you definitly will phrase out
> by this fast growing industry.
>
> I have worked in UUNET for 2 1/3 year. All my bosses are very appreciate
> my job. Nowadays, when they hire new people, they always ask me to get
> involve in the interview process.
>
> Yes, you will feel lonely if you all the way think about how many men and
> how many women work in this field. I seldom think in this way. I am
> seeking a good quality of conference/training and not quantity of each
> sex. Who care? I think we all care how well will MPLS runs , what is
> coming next to MPLS, what after OC192c.
>
> If your mother tougue is English, you are even much better than me to
> understand the content of the training/conference. So, don't give up. We
> all want to see more diversity in this field.
>
>
> Ida
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