Crushing the IT Gender Bias: Thriving as a Woman in Technology

© Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman 2019

Kellyn Pot’Vin-GormanCrushing the IT Gender Biashttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4415-9_1

1. The Numbers Behind the Stories

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman¹ 

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Westminster, CO, USA

 

A fact is a piece of information backed by evidence and data, unlike an opinion, which is based on personal experience and views. As bias is sourced from a person’s experiences and point of view, it is only natural that some readers may doubt its existence. This chapter will include experiences, as well as the data behind them, to help us along on our journey.

My Realization of Bias

After I’d been in the industry for a decade, I had one of the last opportunities to work with a female peer, who we’ll call “Ann.” Ann had been my lead DBA back in 2004, ...