[covati]

I only skimmed the original article, and I think this woman makes some great point about how absurd his article is.

She has some good points about her experience, however, as she has only had 6 months in this field, and that is working in one company, I'd say she's not the right person to write a rebuttal to anything about the current state of it's culture.

Someone who has worked in multiple companies, in different regions, and at varying levels of organizations would be much more fit.

Again, I'm not saying her article is crap, the bulk of it is a good counterpoint, I'd just like to see someone with a bit of a broader view way in from a woman's perspective.

[laurasanders]

I'd like to hear a version from someone who has been in the industry a lot longer too. I specifically added the section at the bottom explaining that I hadn't been in the industry all that long so I wasn't pretending to be speaking from a much more experienced position than I am. From the comments I've received so far there are definitely women who have been in the industry a lot longer than I have that share my point of view though.

[KuraFire]

What, you mean like someone who’s been in the industry for fifteen years, worked at companies both small and large, startups and corporations, and in four different countries?

[sethg]

Gloria Steinem once remarked that women in our culture are valued when they are young and pretty, while men in our culture are valued when they are old and rich: therefore, as they grow older, women become more radical and men become more conservative.

(As a man, I thought this was a very insightful observation... when I first read it... many years ago. :-)