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This is NOT the norm. Don't change your career, change your location.
You're never going to get anything out of these Neanderthals.
Maggie Secara
~with apologies to Neanderthals everywhere
-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Bin [mailto:aname_01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Well, in my current working environment, only the
Sales Manager has openly voiced the importance and
respect he has for my work. I did several white papers
and other technical documents that were useful to him
that did not exist before or where poorly written by
developpers.
[...]
, he has decided I would me sit right next to the
door where the 30 programmers go to the bathroom and
to lunch. A room that contains a pool table right in
my back....Probable the most noisy area of the entire
floor.
[...]
One programmer is outwardly rude to me. He once said
women have no business in computer science
