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He may have just been more active about hiring women and provided an environment that was more appealing. I've turned down jobs before where I considered the en
by marquis 16y ago
He may have just been more active about hiring women and provided an environment that was more appealing. I've turned down jobs before where I considered the environment hostile (for example, centerfolds on the wall, servers named after playmates - seriously!). Younger establishments and startups have been far more interesting for me to work at, so I avoided applying to companies who had an 'old-school' IT department.
I now run my own company and it's really hard to find women to hire as developers - out of every 100 resumes I might get one girl, who doesn't have the qualifications. I'm hoping to see that change over the years. I feel I need to help on that and do outreach, speak at highschool classes maybe.
- follower 16y ago> speak at highschool classes maybe. I encourage people in the tech industry to look into doing this. I think it's important to take the opportunity to show people in schools some of the exciting and fun things we get to do on a daily basis. Teachers can appreciate people from industry coming and talking about their experience with students.
- jacquesm 16y ago> I've turned down jobs before where I considered the environment hostile (for example, centerfolds on the wall, servers named after playmates - seriously!). And so they continue to have centerfolds on the wall and have their servers named after playmates. That would have been a golden opportunity to change the system from the inside.
- philwelch 16y agoStarting those kinds of fights is not the best way for someone to find themselves in a welcoming work environment, and it's not the obligation of every woman to sacrifice her own career and happiness in order to fix unwelcoming companies.