This post is to clearly discuss an opinion I have on where I think we’re failing our current and next generation on technical education.  So I’ll start out with a disclaimer. 1.  It’s my opinion and no one else’s.  Not my employer, not my genders and not anyone but mine. 2.  Its a whole lot easier to write here in a blog post than in a twitter conversation, no matter how much I enjoy chatting with everyone, including Jeff Smith and Bradd Piontek… 🙂 The basis for the discussion was an article that can be found here.  Although the article…

This is my last WIT post on the challenges on women in the workplace.  The truth of the matter is, its just too difficult to write about what women are facing in the workplace without a large amount of risk.  Someone is going to view  your posts on what you or someone else has experienced in the workplace as a liability or as disparaging because so often the reader sees the experience through their own eyes and not that of the writer.  That’s just the way of the world and I’ve got to do right by my family first, so I’ll…

… in any one instance the effects of [] stereotypes may be quite small- if you don’t get credit in one meeting, that’s not exactly disastrous, but over time, a little bit here and little bit there, these bias can add up and this can carry men and women into very different directions in their careers. This statement, made by Shelley Correll, Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, Director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, as part of a Lean in web education video, resonated with me as I have recognized this often in my own career and noticed…

Many of you know that I’m the mother of three, very bright, “equally ADHD as their mother” children.  As I’ve been tasked with a number of interesting challenges with both RMOUG’s and ODTUG’s WIT, (Women in Technology) events, I’ve started to investigate how, no matter what we do for women today, unless we start focusing on the women of tomorrow, we are lost. I spent some time the last couple weeks investigating the offerings by my local school districts for technical education and am alarmed for both genders.  There are “Technology Plan Templates” that detail out the dismal specifications of…

A male peer of mine approached me just after Collaborate and discussed this incredible woman in the Oracle community that he was trying to promote and inspire.  I had met her at a couple sessions and agreed-  I was impressed with her knowledge, energy and intelligence as well and he asked if I would assist in promoting her-  I was thrilled and agreed.  I promptly contacted her via Linked in and I sent her an invite.  She just accepted my Linked in request this month and it really had me thinking-  It wasn’t like she hadn’t been on Linked in,…