What Tech Women Want #wtww

Join me at 5:30pm to discuss this.

It seems no matter where we turn, there are men defining us, telling what we’re capable of and why we’re excluded from positions of power in the technology industry.  Sure, they will have us on as guests but why are we, as women, unable to create a foundation from which we can grow strong?

I personally don’t want to be whining at anyone’s door but things are becoming more clear by the day that the “online” world has “glass ceilings” as well and that pisses me off!

List of Items Tech Women Want In Their Careers

1. We want to be sought out as speakers
2. We want to feel valued for our knowledge, not our appearance
3. We don’t want to get hit on by drunk conference attendees
4. We want to be recognized as technology professionals
5. We want to be paid equal wages for men doing the same work
6. We want tech shirts that fit!
7. If we have doctorate degrees, calls us “Dr.” not “Jan”
8. We want video games that dont’ objectify us
9. We want male cheerleaders at all sporting events (maybe?)
10. We want our daughters to go to computer camp and feel like they belong
11. We want to be nominated to technology panels by men and women
12. We want gadgets that are not pink because we are not little girls
13. We want technology that does not focus on our reproduction
14. We want sexy lady ads removed from tech sites
15. We want articles that encourage us embrace our inner expert @irishgirl
16. We want our voices to be united
17. We want sexism in technology acknowledged
18. We want sexism in technology addressed systematically
19. We will take our proper place in technology
20. We will embrace our inner strength
21. We will drive the future of technology
22. We were the very first computers