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Women abandoning tech jobs

By Steve Ranger

Published: Thursday 18 January 2007

Reader Comments

Having a thick skin is an absolute requirement for...
M. Todd

It doesn't matter if ALL women abandon tech jobs.
Anonymous

Okay, let's see if we've got this straight. Wom...
Brian

There are much 'easier' jobs and much better paid ...
Robert Barton

The previous comment is exemplary in that it highl...
Amanda Lorenzani

My IT Dept is quite flexible on hours within reaso...
Mikal Dunne

Maybe the women who don't jump through hoops for t...
Andrew Meredith

I was refering to "OK, let's see if we've got this...
Amanda Lorenzani

People choose to do IT jobs. It looks as though wo...
Charles Smith

A few years back I was informed by the IT manager ...
Anonymous

The article does not go on to tell us what all the...
Bob

Maybe the other women are like me in that we have ...
Anonymous

Ugg Brian, back to the stone age with you...good m...
mr progressive

Believe it or not, many MEN value things like flex...
Sane Male

Yup. People (men AND women) don't really leave bad...
Anonymous

Back to Brian "Okay, let's see if we've got this s...
Anonymous

Database Administrators are very rarely women appa...
Anonymous

I have never understood the fuss about this topic ...
john foster

Of course women are abandoning it. Lots of people ...
gw

I think one of the biggest reasons women are leavi...
Anonymous

You focus on the working stuff like glass ceilings...
Dr. H.R.J. Grosch

I can see why the previous commenter was afraid to...
Rebecca Hoover

I am a woman working in the IT field and I agree -...
V. O'Halloran

So lets get to the bottom line. Seems reasonable g...
S. Martin

a harsh comment but with truth i can see. lack ...
Kay Banham

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