VERY well said Ida! and well affirmed by Liz... If you know what you are
doing, nothing else matters... NOTHING. And if you do NOT know what you are
doing, again - nothing else will matter...
Dale
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>From: Liz Bander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Liz Bander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Ida Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Re: Cisco for Woman?]
>Date: 9 Jun 00 13:02:19 EDT
>
>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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