http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/women-in-it-band-together-at-vmworld-2010/ A SearchCIO.com blog Sat, 11 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/women-in-it-band-together-at-vmworld-2010/#comment-576 SeniorLady Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:09:28 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=1523#comment-576 I received an engineering degree in 1961 and a MS in CIS in 2006. I have over 30 years in IT. During a 2009 re-org I became unemployed. I can’t find a new job, I think because I am 70 years old. Older men seem to fair better than women. They are distinguished and intellectual. Seems like older women are viewed as Grandma (I even had my direct report call me that). How do you overcome sterotypes. I have another 15 to 20 years left, should I just bake cookies?

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/women-in-it-band-together-at-vmworld-2010/#comment-575 JoyceSInIL Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:39:27 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=1523#comment-575 It’s good to see that there continue to be women specific events at technology conferences. Our networking and mentoring is important. Fortunately, my company does better than the 5% figure quoted in the article but I sometimes look around at technical meetings and realize I’m the only woman in there. I do believe women are making progress but shudder at the acceptance of the ‘booth bimbo’ concept.

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