Hacking the Boy's Club
amberella (me), live-tweeting from HOPE
Before The Last HOPE, ubergeeke over at .51 - Geekspace for Women asked me to keep her in mind for a guest post about the role of women in the conference. I apparently wrote her a book.
How is it that as an increasing number of women graduate with Computer Engineering and other technical or hard science degrees and girl-geek culture explodes thanks to New Media™, that there is not a commensurate increase in women’s contributions to the hardcore techie and hacker community? It’s no longer difficult to find women espousing their love of iPhone apps and digg.com – the problem is finding those that want to infiltrate the realms of bug trackers, penetration testers, and the corporate suites reserved for CTOs and CISOs. more»
This should mark the end of my HOPE related posting, as far as I know. If there’s something you’re interesting in hearing about, let me know.