Bad form to reply to myself, but I just went and read the Tracy Chou post mentioned elsewhere here http://www.quora.com/Tracy-Chou/Women-in-Software-Engineering

Bad form to reply to myself, but I just went and read the Tracy Chou post mentioned elsewhere here http://www.quora.com/Tracy-Chou/Women-in-Software-Engineering-Part-I http://www.quora.com/Tracy-Chou/Women-in-Software-Engineerin... I have to say that I recognise everything she says. For the record, I am male. On reflection, the IT world has become a place where a huge amount of male posturing and faux competitiveness goes on. It wears me down. I know a lot of guys behave this way, but the IT world is best powered by cooperation and collaboration, not by a lot of willy waving. It's interesting that she mentions her mum being in IT 25 years ago and gave it up 10 years ago, as I know a lot of women who did just that. A lot.