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Subject: Re: women at the technical core
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Date: 23 Jun 88 15:49:28 GMT
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In article <11231@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) writes:
>Marla Parker makes some good points about women and the technical core.
>
>I believe we have a responsibility to encourage young women to
>seek technical career paths, then go into management.  
...
>--eugene miya
>,.

I disagree strongly with this concept. Women are as varied in their
aptitudes, likes and dislikes, as men. Encouraging young women to choose a
particular career path, unless it happens to suit them as individuals, is
irresponsible. I know a lot of people, both men and women, who could be fine
managers but have no interest in any technical field. They will be happier
and more successful if they follow non-technical management paths. I really
enjoy programming and computer performance analysis. Even when I have been a
project leader I have prefered the technical aspects of the job to the
management aspects. Should I abandon a type of work I enjoy and can do well
in order to become a manager just because I am a woman?