While women in the workplace are nothing new, what really seems to sideline many is the fact that with everything evolving so quickly many don’t want to accept that we’re basically learning throughout our whole careers (in any field with a tech angle). At my job it seems the least productive workers are women over 50; most staunchly resist any improvement or increased efficiency to anything they’ve been doing for years. Most also refuse to work a minute of unpaid overtime (as “salaried” workers); as a result, most of us men have done the same.
“While women in the workplace are nothing new, what really seems to sideline many is the fact that with everything evolving so quickly many don’t want to accept that we’re basically learning throughout our whole careers”
As a woman, I agree. At 52 I LOVE to throw myself into something brand new. Learning something all the time, even if it’s very small. But I’ve always been like that. Never satisfied to sit in a rut....
I’ve never worked well with other women unless they were very, business minded/non-emotional/no BS/tell it like it REALLY is types. It’s rather painful otherwise.
in the 50’s, most programmers were women. It was only logical because it involved typing.