kent@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Kent Paul Dolan) (06/30/88)
Since I anticipate remarrying and starting another family with a young woman in the computer trade, how about someone initiating a list of good places for a woman to work in Silicon Valley, and why the companies are recommendable? Also, the above was my list of goodies; what additional points make a company a good choice for a woman employee? Kent, the man from xanth.
eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) (07/06/88)
A helpful topic!
Let me suggest one company not on the net, and badily in need of a
Unix champion. The company is well known as it is the largest ($$s) firm
founded by a woman in the Valley. That company is ASK Computer Systems.
Sandy Kurtzig is no longer with the company, but it retains a lot of H-P
flavor. They do MRP [Materials, Resources, Planning] software on H-P
and other systems. They have been thinking about getting into the Unix
market place but have been "detered by the unfriendliness of the system."
It's won't initially be easy there. You have to fight the other H-P
operating systems people as well as VMESS, etc. But they are seeking
portability [you should have heard this one before...]. The company passed
the $100M mark a few years back. It's sort of on the fence, I wonder
how they survive, but I don't understand the business market. 8-)
Background: I know about the company because my 'ex-' used to work there
as a technical writer.
--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
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"Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize."maslak@decwrl.dec.com (Valerie Maslak) (07/07/88)
One of the good ways to find out how a given company treats women is to take a good lokk at their organization charts, to see how well represented women are at all levels of management and across the organization (line/technical as well as support functions). A computer company that has women managers only in benefits or marketing is probably NOT a good bet. Another good way is to ask the question politely in a job interview. (Frankly, if they resent or act negatively to your asking such a question, you don't want to work for them.) By the way, I've heard good things from almost anyone who's worked at Tandem Computers. We had a representative from Tandem talk to OUR employee group about their childcare assistance program. Valerie Maslak