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Originally Posted by kennyc
And old guys too! 
I gotta ask, what kind of work do you do? |
telecommunications, installation, quality assurance, project management. and when I talk about not running into women who do what I do, I mean in the trenches, climbing poles, running cable, installing the heavy duty hardware. there are starting to be more in the project management, but face it, they've never had dirt under their fingernails or splinters from a phone pole throughout their body.
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Originally Posted by ggareau
And while I'm not a fan of affirmative action-like policies, They're necessary for now. Until people working at comparable jobs with comparable experience get the same pay, something needs to change. In addition, the more viewpoints we have on a topic via cultural reference, the more answers we'll get. There is a point where we need to be actively encouraging non-whites and females into things like computer science. Currently it only reinforces the idea that "my way (which in that particular case is the white male way) is the best way" and that's not good for anyone.
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I have very first hand experience about this. an issue that has been going on for 3 years now. unfortunately I can't talk about it yet (so don't anyone even bother prying), but I will share when I can. trust me on this. life is really not rosy for a lot of us in non traditional jobs