Nov 2005
I am the Network Guy
Tue Nov 08 2005 Filed in: Women in tech
"I am the Network Guy" was one of the suggested titles for this book, but I figured it would be too confusing. I do love the title and that first scene from Heidi's story. It's a shame that it's not entirely fiction. When I sat down to write this story, I consulted with many of my female geek friends. One of them (shout to Julie!) told me of a recent incident that became the basis for "I am the network guy". Despite having worked around female computer scientists (and my fair share of lady hackers), I was a bit taken aback that such sexism still existed in the field. Many of the women out there weren't. That said, perhaps it's time for me to list a few relevant links:
- Misbehaving.net is a weblog about women and technology
- WITI is the premiere global organization helping tech-savvy women attain their professional goals.
- The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
- National Center for Women & Information Technology
- See Jane Compute, The adventures of a woman in computing.
- The Escapist: "OMG Girlz don't exist on teh Inatarweb!!!!1"
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