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In the shale boom of the mid 2000's, Halliburton hired a lot of women engineers right out of college. My understanding (from male colleagues) was that if they h
by cjohnson318 5y ago
In the shale boom of the mid 2000's, Halliburton hired a lot of women engineers right out of college. My understanding (from male colleagues) was that if they had the minimum requirements and had no red flags, then they were rubber stamped.
The result was that they were all tough as nails and ran a rig as well as any man. There was literally no difference between them and their male counterparts. As others have observed, capability is uniformly distributed, opportunity is not.
- shard972 5y agoWhy haven't we seen this play out in programming teams?
- i_am_new_here 5y ago> Women, which are tough as nails and run [oil] rigs What desireable women ;) > with _litterally_ no difference to their male ... counterpart. Counterpart... grrr > As others have observed I also use that, to increase credibility, but usually only in very small group settings. > Capability is uniformly distributed Between man and women... wow: No it's not! Are you of Jewish decent? - Sometimes I have this "out of this[my] world encounters" ... someone just trying to play others and then I think: What was that? How could she/he be like that? > Opportunity is not Yeah, at Halliburton it's not. Good that companies that thrive (Halliburton during the shale boom) can do anything they like (hire women) and still thrive... ... maybe a bit less, but who cares?