Silicon Valley Stories The Only Girl in the Room |
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| Author:
| Wellington, Lee |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9911227-2-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Lee Wellington
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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An inside look at what it's like for women in today's high-tech environment. From the author of 'The Office Zoo.' Once upon a time in Silicon Valley, employers segregated men and women into different jobs, newspapers advertised Male Help Wanted and Female Help Wanted, and a high-school graduate toiled away at the lowest level work in one of the valley's technical girl-ghettos. But then¿ changes in the legal landscape altered the No Girls Allowed signs in front of valley computer rooms...
More DescriptionAn inside look at what it's like for women in today's high-tech environment. From the author of 'The Office Zoo.' Once upon a time in Silicon Valley, employers segregated men and women into different jobs, newspapers advertised Male Help Wanted and Female Help Wanted, and a high-school graduate toiled away at the lowest level work in one of the valley's technical girl-ghettos. But then¿ changes in the legal landscape altered the No Girls Allowed signs in front of valley computer rooms to read Enter at Your Own Risk ¿ and so she did.Follow one woman's adventures in the boyvilles of computer support, from her first only-girl job in the late 1970s to her latest only-girl job in 2017 ¿ and get a then-and-now comparison of sexism in Silicon Valley.