Re: Orawomen

From: Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:39:16 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00529CA5.20030108053916@fatcity.com>

I think that within the population of women in IT, the number of female Oracle DBAs is increasing. However, in general, the number of women entering IT is decreasing. That is, the number of women who are encouraged to become DBAs or developers or network admins or sys admins is decreasing.

I've noticed (I have a friend with a 13 year old son and a 16 year old daughter) that the schools are not encouraging girls to go into science or math. There have been studies done that show that teachers in those fields tend to call on the girls in the class less and spend less time helping them understand the subjects.

My opinion only

Rachel

• DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:
  > Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The
  > consensus was
  > that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. Here
  > is an
  > article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in
  > IT is
  > decreasing.
  > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501
  > Any theories?
  >
  > Dennis Williams
  > DBA, 40%OCP
  > Lifetouch, Inc.
  > dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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