By Natasha Lomas
Published: Monday 01 December 2008
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Name
Michael Hart
Location
London
Occupation
IT Director
Comment
Equality and sameness are not synonymous. There is certainly equality of opportuity, with no employer discouraging talent whatever the sex or race of the candidate. Indeed, 'pushing' women into IT may exacerbate rather then solve the problem.
To get more women into IT all you have to do is get more women to like IT, then get them to prioritise work over family when it comes to calls on their time.
Not easy, but is it even desirable? To me, it smacks of communist-style social engineering which I'm definitely not a fan of.
Why force women into IT?
They're not keen on it...
Anthony Hunt
This article makes it sound like IT is dominated b...
M Rizzo
Equality and sameness are not synonymous. There is...
Michael Hart
Yet hairdressing is women dominate.
Go to any h...
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Encouraging women to work in IT from school throug...
Anonymous
But is the proportion of women in IT representativ...
Drew Stephenson
I disagree, with just about everything Natasha say...
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i'm a woman with 15 years experience in IT - a var...
Tracey
Yes, I think we do need more women in IT. The male...
Anonymous
women need no help to choose their carer. not anym...
Jori
Funny thing is, our HR department is almost exclus...
drew stephenson
I am a woman, worked in IT for years and loved it....
Anonymous
I once worked briefly in a female dominated IT env...
Radical Meldrew
My best managers have been women. They treat comp...
Richard Sarson
Isn't this just plain old biological gender differ...
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