Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!kim From: kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen) Newsgroups: ont.singles Subject: Re: fears revealed *here*! Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 89 06:51:05 GMT References: <24E85995.19827@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Distribution: ont Organization: PAMI Group, U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 36 In-reply-to: wside@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca's message of 15 Aug 89 17:57:40 GMT In article <24E85995.19827@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> wside@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (dawn whiteside) writes: Young intelligent women are just about everywhere, but they're not always easy to pick out from the crowd. Some places with a higher proportion of YIW tend to be trade shows, conferences, Mensa meetings, universities and work. Each of these has its own unique disadvantages, though, so beware. Disadvantages...? University: the YIW are often Quite Young, and Maybe Immature Relatively Speaking (compared to us matooah gwads). Mensa: hmmm, could they be...snotty? Work: there's a zillion guys after them, all semi-intelligent (the guys, that is-- though this is not to say the girls, uh, women, aren't, at *least* so). Trade shows: too short duration to really meet? What disadvantages did *YOU* have in mind? [ engineering and computer fields predominantly male ] Oddly enough, my experience ``out in the industry'' doesn't indicate this. While there may be a small percentage of females in the eng/comp areas of some companies, there are several companies where women make up more than a third of the technical staff. And these women are competent, too. (You want names? BNR, IBM, Dofasco, ...) Gads! There's hope in them thar hills! -- Dawn Whiteside living proof that young, intelligent, _attached_ women are out there ... Kim Nguyen, living (?) proof that Y, I, unattached guys are (sniff) still around (sigh)... -- Kim Nguyen kim@watsup.waterloo.edu Systems Design Engineering -- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada