First of all, check for the existence of a created/changed timestamp you might use to...

How long needs to tempered by a responsible DBA constantly reminding folks that equipment and software are aging, becoming obsolete, impossible to support or fix if broken. Don't commit...

David.Poole (4/6/2014)

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Carla Wilson-484785 (4/3/2014)

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Stephanie J Brown (3/31/2014)

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... If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking Barriers in Technology", it might be viewed through a different lens. ...

And when something DOES affect you directly, it's easy to lose your objectivity.:-)

Wow, just...WOW

Tom, you make good and valid observations about the supply of technical people when I (we?) started in IT. My college had a small computer, but it was buried...

Goofy, please understand that the concept of socioeconomic status has been around for decades and is a legitimate sociological term ( Sociology was actually my degree field ). Just...

GilaMonster (4/1/2014)

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"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...