Little-Miss Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Hello! The best man for the job is a woman!
ljlbray Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Are there any of you having the luxury of not being the only girl in the office?? I wonder what thats like...
Little-Miss Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I used to work with a female NM....it was a nightmare! lol, 2 women in a confined space isnt too good!
kennysarmy Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 my junior tech is a lady...i have had to tone down my language
QMSIT1982 Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 sorry but i wudn't change the way i talk 4 any1 doesn't matter what their gender is, if they don't like they don't hav 2 listen. simple as.
ljlbray Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 I know for a fact the language didn't change in my office...I think I may have lowered the tone myself on too many occasions...Oops!!
ButterflyMoon Posted April 24, 2009 Posted April 24, 2009 Have been known to lower the tone myself on occasion too lol
AMLinington Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 I'm a female support engineer in an all-male team. It's quite nice actually. The way I see it, you can't work in an environment like IT if you are a sensitive type that can't take a joke and cries sexual harrassment every time a man mentions installing his hard drive into your spare bay! It's absurd! Political correctness gone crazy. I used to work in an office where everything you did and said was monitored and people 'raised concerns' about everything. It was so stressful and tiring that it's quite refreshing not to have to constantly examine everything I say for implication. Working in such a 'man-orientated' environment means you have to be thicker skinned and in a way 'tougher' but similarly men are simpler to work with. As for language, tbh it doesn't bother me at all. I'm not exactly a 'clean' speaker myself...
Katalyst Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 I'm a female technician for a high school and college. There's a team of four of us that handle everything and I'm the only girl. Coming from someone who is used to working with women this is kind of a new experience for me. I'm six months into the job and loving it although I keep being called Jen from the IT Crowd just because they know it winds me up! But thankfully I have a great sense of humour so I'm getting along with the guys pretty well. It's just sometimes nice to know there are other female techs out there. I get slightly annoyed when a guy looks at you thinking you can't do the job because you have boobs!
Novalee Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 I am in a team of 2 - me and a guy (my manager). There were 3 of us, another guy, but he left for a new job and wasn't replaced as the school thought we are okay with just two staff. I work 40 weeks a year and my manager is 52 weeks a year. The school has 1300 students (inc. 6th form) plus over 100 staff so...!!! But I also get called Jen haha! Makes me chuckle though. Nice to know our students watch some good TV. My language isn't great when among my peers, but I of course in school have much better ways to express myself. The other day I came out with 'Gosh dang it!' (I'd been watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' haha)
Katalyst Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Haha amazing! We're a school and sixth form as well. We've got the manager and a guy who has been here for years so the two of them are pretty experienced. Then there's me and another new guy. The new guy comes from Uni and is 21 years old. I've spent the last ten years running a pub and doing IT in the background. I'm in my late twenties now and feel sometimes I'm spending a lot of time trying to catch up to him. Which is why they call me Jen lol. But on the plus side I find I work twice as hard to get things done and I'm certainly a lot more organised than the guys. Have you noticed in IT they can only do one issue at a time?
Novalee Posted July 3, 2015 Author Posted July 3, 2015 Oh it's quite the oposite here! I'm really disorganised. My desk is a total mess, although I'm sure I only just cleaned it the other day! My boss' desk is super tidy and organised. Even his desktop is, whereas mine...well, the less said about that mess the better! I got my job just over 2.5 years ago here. I did work in the school already but I really wanted this job so applied for it. I have no qualifications in IT, and no experience other than a personal interest. But as there were already two experienced members of the team, I think I got the job on personality and ability to learn. Which I have done. I've learnt SOOO much!! Especially now we are a team of only 2, I've had to take on a lot more.
Katalyst Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Something we both have in common then. I think it was my ability to want to learn and my enthusiasm (they try to knock constantly out of me) that got me the job. What I want from Edugeek is a place I can ask software questions and get help from without the embarrassment of looking week in front of the guys. If that makes any sense at all. I simply don't want to look stupid!
Novalee Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 I know exactly what you mean! When it comes to learning new stuff I've always been quite independent, in that, I really don't like being told how to do it (unless I ask!) - I don't like it assumed that I don't know. Haha I sound horrible! I'm really not, but I think it comes back to what you say about looking weak. I'm not an idiot, and will ask when I need to know how to do something, but I like to have a go and try to figure it out myself to begin with. Where in the UK do you work?
Katalyst Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 In Norfolk of all places. And you don't sound horrible, actually you sound a lot like me in that respect. I want to find things out for myself. Where abouts are you?
Novalee Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 I thought I replied to this yesterday! I think I must've written a reply then wandered off somewhere. I'm in Derbyshire, also in the countryside!!
Katalyst Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I've probably already asked this but my mind is a bit frazzled this morning, but do you do IT in Education or somewhere else?
Novalee Posted July 9, 2015 Author Posted July 9, 2015 In education also. Secondary school, 11-18 with about 1300 students (although number are low the next couple of years ) - How about you?
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