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IT people are no longer nerds. The word "Nerd" is some crap that Americans passed over to the other side of the pond to Europe. Although I saw very few female electronic engineers in the 80's I am quite sure that in the next 15 years we will see the imbalance fixed on it's own. You will thank Nintendo, Facebook and numerous flash games sites for fixing the imbalance. Before the Nintendo NDS, girls showed relatively little interest in games. Now that I see that my daughter and her friends have had Nintendos since they were 7 years old. I also see that there is an equal interest in schools for both genders in IT lessons. Since IT is only considered by 40 somethings as a nerdy I can't see that IT won't be fashionable for both genders. The only difference being boys will play "Call of Duty" and girls will play "Nintendo Puppies". However, the interest in basic IT will be the same. In the future only grandad will use the word "nerd". Engineers in European countries are not classed as "nerds" but society gives them similar professional recognition as Lawyers and Doctors. Although, I hope engineers don't make money from other people's suffering