Do you think women are fully supported to pursue an engineer career?

If not - tell us how you think they should be in the comments below

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makerkaren over 6 years ago +13

As much as institutions try their darnedest to promote more women in engineering fields, there are deeper problems that keeps them out. One, women are not often exposed to engineering as a career option…
dubbie over 6 years ago +12

I wanted to answer Yes and No to this question. I was a lecturer for 35 years in engineering (or Electronics as I like to call it) and myself, all my colleagues and my University had no problem with female…
koudelad over 6 years ago +10

I think that men and women have equal opportunities to pursue an engineering career. However, parents, kindergarten and elementary school play a crucial role in motivating them to do so. If you hide something…

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rstone over 6 years ago

I certainly hope so and can only say they are in my house. I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for my 6 yr old daughters urgings to help her. I haven't really done any real technical stuff since I built and installed computers and networks nearly 30 years ago. She has lit the fire once again and I have lots of catching up to do. I hope this old brain can keep up with hers. She's in a math & engineering STEM school and wants to build prosthetics and robots.
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rstone over 6 years ago

I certainly hope so and can only say they are in my house. I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for my 6 yr old daughters urgings to help her. I haven't really done any real technical stuff since I built and installed computers and networks nearly 30 years ago. She has lit the fire once again and I have lots of catching up to do. I hope this old brain can keep up with hers. She's in a math & engineering STEM school and wants to build prosthetics and robots.
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dubbie over 6 years ago in reply to rstone

Rick,

Good to hear. Hope you do well with the catching up as Element14 is great for that. Lots of fun things to do, with some competitions with prizes. Prizes are always good. There is lots to learn as well as I was never a Blogger (I did a bit of YouTubing for work but nothing serious) and at times it still seems a mysterious and somewhat weird world where there is always something new. I recently realised (after two years) that when you click on the Like link in the right hand column it changes to Liked! Old brains are good,, just a bit slower and they like to make jokes (although for some reason children do not seem to find them funny).

Dubbie
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rstone over 6 years ago in reply to dubbie

Thanks!

Any idea where I should start? There's so much info on here I've kinda got the "deer in the headlights" thing going on. And I want to do it all!

Rick
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dubbie over 6 years ago in reply to rstone

Rick,

You need to decide what sort of activity suits you. I started with the Project14 competitions as I could make up my own ideas and do something not too complicated and not too expensive either. Plus I like robots so I can nearly always squeeze a robot into Project14 somewhere.

I also did some of the Essentials Modules as I wanted to do some online learning.

Dubbie
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cstanton over 6 years ago in reply to rstone

Check out the 'Introduction to Circuits' ebook: eBooks and The Learning Circuit, along with the Essentials quizzes.
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