Re: Orawomen

I personally love being a DBA. I have found my niche. Ruth
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> I'm curious. Does everyone here think the IT profession is hard? Does
> everyone think that being a DBA is harder than say, a teacher, or a sales
> clerk, or something else?
>
> I don't understand the attitude. Or maybe I'm just lucky. The IT field
is
> wide-open for everyobe to find a niche where they are comfortable.
>
> And it is certainly a better field than nursing (hours, pay and exposure
to
> multyitude of diseases suck!), teaching (while working with most kids
would
> be fun, the pay is tough and the hard-luck kids are tougher), retail
(wanna
> work in Home-Depot?).
>
> While some damagement is tough to work with, I think the field is
> interested, challenging and always interesting. And the pay is better
than
> most.
>
> Tom Mercadante
> Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:27 PM
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>
>
> I can relate to this. I have two sons and both have told me that based on
> what
> my work life seems like they would never pursue an IT career. Things
could
> change over time, of course, as the reality of making a living sets in.
My
> undergraduate and graduate degrees have absolutely nothing to do with
> computers or anything remotely technical and yet here I am with decades of
> "computer work" experience.
>
> And, by the way, even as a male I was never encouraged in High School to
> pursue
> a profession. So far as I can tell they didn't see much potential in me.
> It
> irks my English teacher wife no end that I earn almost twice what she
> does...and she was the one with exceptional grades and lots of
> encouragement.
> Not bragging. I think she's worth a lot more than what she's paid.
>
> Kip
>
> |Just asking .. I'm told that the number of "Americans" (by which I mean
> kids
> |born in the States) entering technical fields of all types is declining.
> |Could the decline of the number of women in IT entering IT be a part of
> that
> |trend?
>
> |For that matter, I wasn't really called on much in school (and glad for
it,
> |I wasn't usually paying attention), nor did my teachers encourage me that
I
> |can recall for anything in particular. Yet, here I am, earning a living
> |doing computer stuff.
>
> |If 'girls' (or boys, see para 1) aren't encouraged in technical matters,
> |perhaps it's a problem beyond the scope of an overworked and underpaid
> |teachers? Please note, I speak as a father of six and the husband of an
> |(former) educator.
>
> |~brian
>
>
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> |Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:39 AM
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>
>
> |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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