This research study presents the observations that women leave engineering because of group dynamics and negative experiences working in teams. I also heard Caroline Paul on Tim Ferris’ podcast around the same time that I came across her TED talk below. I was struck by how much she fought to do the fun things that may routinely be considered the domain of men, and realized that she experienced the same obstacles referred to in the study.
5
Ways That Girls can be Brave in Using Technology
- Try a new technology tool, and decide whether to keep and use it or discard it.
- Ask for help when stuck.
- In a group, get a chance to do all the different activities and don’t let others limit what you can do.
- Help people who are being cyberbullied, whether it’s by standing up for them online or doing something nice for them in person.
- When you’re afraid of something, learn more about it and use what you learn to help you overcome your fear.
- Choose to regularly put computer technology away and focus on something else.
- Learn to code.
P.S. I need to look into how this could have happened, but the first version of this post disappeared. I’m grateful to The Wayback Machine for providing the archive so that I didn’t have to recreate the whole post.