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Topic	I don't see the problem with not many women going into STEM fields.
Dikitain 08/10/17 1:47:20 PM #43:	Doctor Foxx posted... Duck-I-Says posted... Doctor Foxx posted... My experience with engineering firms is that many are still good ol' boys clubs. It's weird, I keep hearing this but have never experienced it despite having worked for three separate engineering companies. I'm starting to think this used to be the case, but is incredibly overstated today. My experience was from 3 - 7 years ago and there were improvements made in that time as many of the old engineers retired. But it takes a long time to actually get people into those experienced positions. Your perspective and experience working under an old boys club will be vastly different if you're a male, you're not subject to the same treatment. Listen to the women in the industry. When people say this it almost feels like reverse gender discrimination. "You don't understand because you aren't me. " Well, then help me to understand. What is this behavior you are experiencing? I have worked in Software Engineering for 12 years, and before that I worked in a machine shop. The machine shop was definitely a boys club and was exemplified by the fact that in the 3 years I worked there, only two women every worked on the floor. Once was the owner's daughter, and the other was her best friend. Neither of them stuck around for more then a month or two. Conversely, I have worked at 2 different companies (one small and one large) and neither of them show any signs of being a "boys club". --- I am a senior software engineer. If you see me post here, I am tired of writing TPS reports. <cite>Dikitain posted [p:884530781] in I don't se... [t:75656125]...</cite> <quote><cite>Doctor Foxx posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Duck-I-Says posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Doctor Foxx posted...</cite> <quote>My experience with engineering firms is that many are still good ol' boys clubs.</quote> It's weird, I keep hearing this but have never experienced it despite having worked for three separate engineering companies. I'm starting to think this used to be the case, but is incredibly overstated today.</quote> My experience was from 3 - 7 years ago and there were improvements made in that time as many of the old engineers retired. But it takes a long time to actually get people into those experienced positions. Your perspective and experience working under an old boys club will be vastly different if you're a male, you're not subject to the same treatment. Listen to the women in the industry.</quote> When people say this it almost feels like reverse gender discrimination. "You don't understand because you aren't me. " Well, then help me to understand. What is this behavior you are experiencing? I have worked in Software Engineering for 12 years, and before that I worked in a machine shop. The machine shop was definitely a boys club and was exemplified by the fact that in the 3 years I worked there, only two women every worked on the floor. Once was the owner's daughter, and the other was her best friend. Neither of them stuck around for more then a month or two. Conversely, I have worked at 2 different companies (one small and one large) and neither of them show any signs of being a "boys club". --- I am a senior software engineer. If you see me post here, I am tired of writing TPS reports.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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