Being interested in Math, Programming, Science, etc. I’ve chosen a career that’s entirely male dominated. I’ve also chosen a career where English is not the first language of a majority of the people I know. But that’s an entirely different blog post.
Out of the 120 people in my program, Software Engineering, only 12 of them are girls. And I am the only hispanic girl in the entire program (well at least for my year).
At work, in the team I’m working in, there are only two girls, I am one of them.
What I don’t get is the apparent dislike most girls have for programming and/or engineering. Is it because there are so many guys? Is it because there are other appealing things like the social sciences? law? English? arts in general? Because out of all the girls I know, either they like Math and Science or they don’t. It’s never a ‘Like math, hate science’ or ‘like science, hate math’. I just don’t get it.
Is it because it’s too confusing and difficult? Lawl. I’m sorry that was even really sexist for me and I hate being subjected to sexism. Like I can understand if they find differential or integral calculus hard, but seriously, what’s so bad about it?
In my opinion being a hispanic girl in a male dominated field is an advantage. I know for a fact that some companies picked me for an interview because I was a girl in Software Engineering. Girls are naturally more detail orientated than boys, which means a lot in programming. Whether it’s to comment code, or to error trap, being detail oriented helps.
Overall though I’d rather be in a male dominated field that I enjoy, then go into a field that’s evenly dispersed or female dominated that I disdain. It doesn’t really matter who it is that’s around you (to some extent at least), all that matters is if you enjoy it!
Not to mention, it feels nice when I do things better than boys that are all cocky and arrogant. :p
Blah, all this talk about work and male dominated fields is reminding me that I need to update my resume. SO THAT I CAN PWN ALL THE BOYS.
