No Longer Pink Collar
I was 3 years old when my mom tried to dress me in a little pink outfit. I said very adamantly, “Mommy… Pink is only for little girls.” And I didn’t wear pink again. Because, darnit, I was a big girl.
Fast forward 30-odd years to just last month, when I was interviewed by Bay Area Business Women for an article about women in technology. Article titled “The Five Percent Enigma.” My employer, Marker Seven (blue-themed, mind you), has plenty of women programmers, and I’m very proud of our team. But the reporter asked me, just in general, if there are enough women working in tech, and I said no, not at all. In fact, I said that a lot of women work in the web industry, especially in marketing and web content. But there is a dearth of women in web development, as in the actual programming part of the process. When asked why, my answer was that programming is seen as a scientific skill in which women generally are not encouraged to pursue interest.
And then I was quoted in an article in a big pink web template. Here it is, on Page 2.
Oh well; it’s all good press for SF WoW! This doesn’t mean I’ll be appearing in a pink dress at CANWOW, though, so don’t hold your breath, or call my mom. 
Thanks to Sarah for getting me the interview and to Kimba for asking me to blog about it!
