Trust me Andrew, there ARE lady engineers out there. Of the three network engineers in
my department only one is male. :-)
As for the shortage of women in the field.... Networking does require a certain
ability to wrap your head around corners that aren't there and I haven't met all that
many women who are WILLING to go to the mental effort. They've been taught from
childhood that they don't HAVE to use their heads. I'll probably catch all kinds of
hell for that one but I'm just stating what I've seen for myself. I managed to avoid
that particular trap myself by sheer cussedness. Lucky I guess.
Karen E Young
Network Engineer
ELF Technologies, Inc.
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On 6/9/2000 at 2:52 PM Andrew Larkins wrote:
:Carry on studying. I have been in the industry for a while now, and have yet
:to see a lady engineer. I would actually like to see more of then. Provided
:the knowledge is there, gender means nothing...
:
:Good LUCK!!!
:
:Andrew
:
:-----Original Message-----
:From: Kevin S. Mahler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:Sent: 09 June 2000 13:40
:To: Ms. Maria; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:Subject: Re: Cisco for Woman?
:
:
: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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