Categories
Archives
 January, 2012 (1) |
| January, 2013 (8) |
| February, 2013 (3) |
| March, 2013 (6) |
| April, 2013 (1) |
| May, 2013 (4) |
| June, 2012 (3) |
| September, 2012 (1) |
| October, 2012 (1) |
| December, 2012 (1) |
Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace Day
17 October 2012 by Kris Sangani
Ada Lovelace Day was officially yesterday. Therefore, I'm tardy this year with my pledge to write about an inspirational woman engineer.
Woman. Not girl, chick, babe or any other infantilising epithet.
These haven't been uttered by men, but by other women in technology field who think that referring to women by these terms will make our industry 'sexy' to women.
I don't think that women enter the tech sector seeking a Sex and the City lifestyle. They're hear for the very same reasons that men are - they like invent and create.
Needless to say I won't be buying this year's calendar.
PINK GADGETS
As a bloke, I am more likely to buy something if it's brushed steel, aluminium or black gloss. Probably, but functionality is the most important criteria. I still won't buy pink.
As a woman, you're likely to buy pink, pink and more pink - only to stop your husband or boyfriend borrowing your stuff and not because you like the colour.
A WOMAN WHO INSPIRES
A friend at college who graduated 20 years ago in civil engineering and despite many of her peers leaving, had remained and flourished. You know who you are.
-------------------------
Follow @Kris_Sangani
Woman. Not girl, chick, babe or any other infantilising epithet.
These haven't been uttered by men, but by other women in technology field who think that referring to women by these terms will make our industry 'sexy' to women.
I don't think that women enter the tech sector seeking a Sex and the City lifestyle. They're hear for the very same reasons that men are - they like invent and create.
Needless to say I won't be buying this year's calendar.
PINK GADGETS
As a bloke, I am more likely to buy something if it's brushed steel, aluminium or black gloss. Probably, but functionality is the most important criteria. I still won't buy pink.
As a woman, you're likely to buy pink, pink and more pink - only to stop your husband or boyfriend borrowing your stuff and not because you like the colour.
A WOMAN WHO INSPIRES
A friend at college who graduated 20 years ago in civil engineering and despite many of her peers leaving, had remained and flourished. You know who you are.
-------------------------
Follow @Kris_Sangani
FuseTalk Standard Edition - © 1999-2013 FuseTalk Inc. All rights reserved.
Latest Issue
"Africa is abundant with engineering opportunity. We look at some of the projects and the problems."
Find E&T on:
News
Most viewed
From forums
- UK just six hours from running out of gas in March [09:02 pm 24/05/13]
- Ideas for a final year university project [05:55 pm 24/05/13]
- Fourth Generation Nuclear: Molten Salt Reactors [10:39 am 24/05/13]
- LED bulb efficiency - its all about the drivers not the LEDs? [09:52 am 24/05/13]
- Marketing from Engineers' perspective [02:18 am 24/05/13]
Subscribe
Subscribe to the hard copy of E&T magazine, and various other newsletters.
