Somehow it’s missing the clean cut Indian developer guy, the emo developer, the script kiddie, the Linux fan, the windows fan, the IBM frat boy, the open BSD lunatics and the one guy who loves trains too much
Indian guy - top right
Emo developer - top left
Script kiddy - top left
Linux fan - top left
Windows fan - top left
Ibm frat boy - top right
Open BSD lunatics - bottom left
Guy who loves trains too much - bottom right
But, like, are there types of IT women? Asking cause I am one and don’t know any tropes for us lol
Go forth and forge your own destiny, free of stereotypes. Or just be Alex from YIIK idk.
Every IT woman I’ve worked with kicks ass and is really cool, doesn’t realize how cool and inspiring they are. Until management, then I have no idea how they got there, they can’t seem to use a computer let alone assist with IT related decision making.
I would love to fit that description and I hope my coworkers think I’m cool lol. I never want to be in a position of power in this field because I have already dealt with enough dumb bullshit on the daily lol
Unicorn… Nah, I’m kidding fortunately for women there’s no strong stereotypes. There were enough women in my gigs that the individuality was easily apparent.
Since that’s isn’t really fun I’ll pull some very broad strokes descriptions out my rear end and see which one resonates with you.
The Professional Mom: 8-4:30 on the dot but maximum effort during working hours and never ever seen goofing off or chit chatting (lunch included). Pretty chill though and smart as hell.
The boardgame/crossword girl: most likely to be gender fluid. Don’t ever mistake her for “gamer girl”. Will happily shoot the shit with you and goof off if you treat her like human being. Will probably have real experiences of getting work/credit stolen by tech bros.
The optimistic young coder: super jazzed about being the in the field and learning everything about anything. A people pleaser to a fault. Give it two to three years before she’s completely jaded. Until then, an absolute sponge of knowledge.
The cut throat career track woman: absolutely obsessed with advancing her status. Tech bros learn brutality from these ladies. Usually transition to pure management or product divisions pretty early. Also most likely to organize the “women in tech” meetings for clout in the current company. Stay on their good side for your sake.
All I can think of is Lisbeth slander from the millennium series. That’s pretty kickass.
yeah, the answer is none, because im pretty sure 80-90% of the field is men still :(
(this is a stereotype meme, so it fits, don’t @ me)
I mean, I’m the only woman tech my company has hired ever, so your statement is kinda accurate.
idk what the actual stats are, mostly cuz i don’t really care, and it also depends on where you look, obviously. But i was mostly going off of anecotal experience, and uh, it’s definitely not looking great. But then again a lot of younger women are going to stem fields, more so than IT and admin stuff. Management as well, i might have to look into some actual statistics one of these days to see what’s actually going on lmao.
but it’s definitely one of the things of all time in the CS space right now. It’s still very male centric, for some reason.
My major on college started off with 12 women in my class. At graduation, there were only 3 of us. Dealing with the sexism made most of the women drop out and go into something different. I stuck with it because I wanted to be successful in it out of spite. I see a lot of my former classmates working local retail jobs because they can’t get anything in this field. Honestly feels good to be more successful than the men who looked down on me lol.
yeah i can imagine, probably also depends on where you live, and go to school at. For me it was easily 90+ % men. I don’t know if there was any overt sexism in the education space (workspace i can imagine there is, but that’s just how it is unfortunately), but it’s definitely a little imposing walking into a room full of primarily men/women as the other gender and just trying to be normal lol.
I think a lot of the problem, at least historically, is that women just weren’t as educated on technology as men, both throughout childhood and education. That’s changed over time now, thankfully, but i wonder if it’s more influenced by women focusing on more highly educated fields, and men moving out of those fields, and into things like CS that are still educated, but not as much as something like, micro biology, for example.
Personally as a linux user myself, i’m just happy seeing people learn about the technology they use, and learning to utilize it more effectively, possibly even learning how to create it lol. It’s an indispensably useful skill to have. Especially with how “stupid proof” modern operating systems like IOS can be. I would like to see more women in the field, but unfortunately i’m not familiar enough with it to make any significant prognosis here. Other than “you should try to self educate in your free time where possible” it might make life more interesting, you never know.
Got a coworker on my team who is type 4. He’s the glue that holds the team together, nobody knows anywhere as much as he does.
If he ever leaves, the whole team is screwed and the project is dead in the water.
What’s the stereotype with top right?
Asking because if I had to lump myself somewhere, it’s that one.
But if it sucks… I guess I’ll go wear a sailor uniform.
The “lumberjack” style / hipster.
Ew… Gross.
I’ll wear the femboi outfit.
Well now you’re just gonna attract bears.
they’re not even in the woods anymore? What?
Yeah thanks Gilfoyle!
I’m not the bottom two, that much I know.
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I’m a bottom left!
You forgot a comma.
and don’t call me Left!
Needs more nuance
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Would go great on [email protected]
Number 1 is number 3 when online.
Number 2 is number 4 when at the convention.
There are 2 types of IT guys.
“Men are dominating IT”
The “men” “dominating”:
Dominate me daddy uwu
Also hello, the fuck is wrong with your laptop this time
:neofox_pleading:
(why cant lemmy hav custom emotes like misskey,)
What?
He asked what the fuck was wrong with your laptop this time.
Yeah I just didn’t understand what he meant? I use a Thinkpad, it has quite literally never had a (hardware) problem.
Did you try installing arch on it and turning it off and on again? Are you sure the cables are plugged in properly? Can you double check for me pls?
Ah thats the problem, im using Alpine :3
We have two IT guys, one of them is three of these and the other is the fourth. The guy who is all three is actually the anime girl on VR Chat in his spare time :)
I’m guessing the other guy’s a furry then.
Both are, just one is in denial
This image is frighteningly accurate. The IT guy at my current job is top left. The IT guy at my last job was top right. My friend from my discord server who works in IT has said for years that everyone who works in IT is either a neckbeard, a femboy, or a furry. He’s a furry.
I think you mean stages*
There are 4 stages of IT guy
I guess I’m top left. If it has to be that three. I’m pretty sure whoever came up with that needs to show us where IT touched them on the Anatomically Neutral doll.
… it’s mostly the top left.
Source: i resemble the top left (although i still have my hairline)
It’s 90% of the IT people at my jobs and I had quite a few.
I was like fuck that’s me. My hairline isn’t great but I’m in my early 50s.
it needs more bottom left
Do I have to choose one of this?
You can’t be everything at same time???
The superposition IT guy
I’m not a dweeb, nor a hipster. I’m not a femboy, nor a furry. I am allied to all of the above, though.
What am I?
The guy who actually gets work done so in turn you are to busy to look in a mirror making you the de facto top left.
Damn, you right
If you have to ask, you’re #1.
They are all dweebs. Top left is a dweeb and a villainous creep. Lenny Baxter kidnapped the Powerpuff Girls to add to his collection.
Chances are that you are like three of those at least if you have to ask
The Inquisition has no power over the Adeptus Mechanicus, meat sack!
