women in IT
I just finished 2 semesters with the final goal of attaining my CCNA. I attained my CCENT last May and will sit for the CCNA the end of Aug. I do not plan to take any more courses because the teachers attitude toward teaching a woman was so poor. I am full of anger and will attain any other cert on my own. My teacher told me regularly I would not succeed. I learned from the female assistant who often tutored, a good support system, and my own stubborn persistence. I am in my forties and worked in construction and trucking for over 20 years. I know how to work in a male dominated workplace but not how to learn from someone who thinks the way their brain operates is the only way. Women may learn and or think differently but we are fully capable of being viable IT employees. We often are single moms and will overachieve to support our children. There were 21 people in our class -only 2 women. 8 of us
attained the ccent. I think teachers forget we are not wives and daughters to be treated with familiar condescension when we do not accomplish a goal with the same side of our brain as a man does.
