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    Continued lack of women in tech bemoaned by ex-techie lady MP ? The Register


    'Women would never have made automated supermarket tills'

    idiot?
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

    #2
    She does have a point though: " ....it is imperative that ICT graduates from its current position as an exclusively male eccentricity.”

    That's very true, IT is too important to be left in the hand of the weirdos, freaks, nutters, cretins and virgins who populate CUK.
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #3
      I think she has a point, up to a point. Although surely if instead of a machine there is a woman is on the till that counts as a woman in ict?
      While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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        #4
        Originally posted by sasguru View Post
        She does have a point though: " ....it is imperative that ICT graduates from its current position as an exclusively male eccentricity.”

        That's very true, IT is too important to be left in the hand of the weirdos, freaks, nutters, cretins and virgins who populate CUK.
        Maybe CUK should be renamed to AspergersUK

        Women, rightly, probably think working in software development means working with a bunch of smelly, socially awkward geeks who would lose all composure when confronted with a fairly attractive female.
        Last edited by proggy; 30 April 2013, 08:51.

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          #5
          Originally posted by proggy View Post
          Maybe CUK should be renamed to AspergersUK

          Women, rightly, probably think working in software development means working with a bunch of smelly, socially awkward geeks who would lose all composure when confronted with a fairly attractive female.
          Maybe in your world!
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          https://youtu.be/l-PUnsCL590?list=PL...dNeCyi9a&t=615

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            #6
            Originally posted by proggy View Post
            Maybe CUK should be renamed to AspergersUK

            Women, rightly, probably think working in software development means working with a bunch of smelly, socially awkward geeks who would lose all composure when confronted with a fairly attractive female.
            Very true. I can count the number of technically good IT people who can also communicate at board level and have the social skills to network at the highest level on one hand. Actually I don't need a whole hand - apart from me there's only only one other person (who I'd say was not a technical bull-tulipter) who I've seen who can do it.
            Hard Brexit now!
            #prayfornodeal

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              #7
              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              Very true. I can count the number of technically good IT people who can also communicate at board level and have the social skills to network at the highest level on one hand. Actually I don't need a whole hand - apart from me there's only only one other person (who I'd say was not a technical bull-tulipter) who I've seen who can do it.
              That's because what's needed at board level is a technical bulltulipter who glosses over the details, and that doesn't make a technically good IT person.

              The bigger problem IMO is that there are so few technically good people at board level.
              While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                #8
                Originally posted by doodab View Post
                That's because what's needed at board level is a technical bulltulipter who glosses over the details, and that doesn't make a technically good IT person.

                The bigger problem IMO is that there are so few technically good people at board level.
                And the reason is they would be laughed out of a board room, walking in with their star wars shirt and mumbling a few incoherent over technical comments.

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                  #9
                  only because the other board members would do this to cover their own hopeless inadequcies when it comes to understanding tech

                  my biggest gripe with our current exec team is that no one underatands technology so they come out with some great ideas - but they are technically infeasibkle

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    That's because what's needed at board level is a technical bulltulipter who glosses over the details, and that doesn't make a technically good IT person.

                    The bigger problem IMO is that there are so few technically good people at board level.
                    Your first point is wrong and contradicted by your second which is correct.
                    We don't need technical bulltulipters at board level (there are plenty of those already). We need good techies who can communicate important concepts in technical terms and have the balls, personality and credibility to put their view across.

                    You're right about there not being many of those.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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