"That has worked for me with some managers that appreciate what I'm doing.

In other cases my stance has been - I'm being paid well under the industry average, and this...

"We want to be measured with the same yardstick, not a shorter one because 'oh, you can't handle what we do', not a longer one because 'oh, we can't possibly...

Now that's believable. 😀

Hey, I'm with you SSCrazy. I'll take a shot at summarizing.

I think WIT and other such sideline organizations are truly asking for a DIFFERENT 'yardstick', as you wisely point...

"The real divide in this nation, I feel, is income disparity; poverty isn't choosy about who it afflicts."

This whole new argument based on income disparity is mind-boggling to any rational...

"But where we part company is that you seem to think we should extrapolate your own experience - as positive and as uplifting as it is - to every other...

"I think what skeleton567 may be trying to say is that the NAME of the group perpetuates stereotypes. If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking Barriers...

I felt the condescension was in the "I assumed you'd be able to figure that out for yourself."

"No, it was in the 'Wow, that really is pretty goofy. Sounds like...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

Hey, I had to stop and look up that STEM thing. New to me, so I am still learning today, at 71 years old!

one comment I'm 'gonna' ( as...

Come on, Steve. You sound like the one who is 'impacted' this morning. Get over it. Don't try to twist my comments. What I pointed out...

Pardon me, but it appears that we have fallen into exactly the situation here that I described. We're all talking about men/women, majority/minority, etc instead of what should be...

Separate minority groups by definition tend to separate further instead of aiding acceptance. Especially in technology, get in there and prove your competency instead of emphasizing differences. I...