Comments on: SQL University – Women in Technology Week https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Women in Technology: A Call for Obsoletion | SoftArtisans, Blogged Women in Technology: A Call for Obsoletion | The Cathedral and the Bizarre https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-5185 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:20:30 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-5185 […] actively discouraged from pursuing one. The fix for this is, as Tom LaRock wrote in his excellent WIT post, […]

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2320 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:33:33 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2320 In reply to an infrastructure DBA.

I’m not sure I understand your point. My concern is simply that people are aware of the contributions that women have made throughout history, and that my children know they can be anything they want to be. Is that wrong? Should I be discouraging my children from certain career paths, such as nursing and IT?

]]> By: an infrastructure DBA https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2319 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:25:58 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2319 So are you concerned about the lack of men in the nursing field ?

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2318 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:38:58 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2318 In reply to Claire.

Thanks Claire!

]]> By: Claire https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2317 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:34:58 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2317 “Make certain they know that ANY field they want to pursue is one at which they can excel”–I love that! I snuck into the tech world through the social media back door. As a kid, young adult and college student, I don’t recall ever being encouraged to even think about programming or engineering, but I’m definitely going to make it clear to my daughters (should I have any!) that it IS an option.

]]> By: Jen McCown https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2316 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:24:53 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2316 For a nice digest on Women In Tech In History (WITIH?), check out Jes Borland’s article from SQL University 2010:

http://jesborland.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/sql-university-women-in-technology-wit-throughout-history/

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2011/03/sql-university-women-in-technology-week-2/#comment-2315 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:01:04 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=5439#comment-2315 In reply to K. Brian Kelley.

KBK,

Thanks! My baby girl turns 8 in a couple of weeks. She’ll be out of the house before I know it, and I want her to understand that the only barriers in her way are the ones she allows to be put in front of her.

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