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Female technologists dream of being their own boss

by Personnel Today 12 Aug 2009
by Personnel Today 12 Aug 2009

Results from a recent survey of almost 400 women in IT show that the majority of female technologists dream of being the boss. When womenintechnology.co.uk asked attendees of its recent career development event W-Tech “what is your dream job?” over 50 (14%) gave answers such as “entrepreneur”, “running my own business” or “CIO”.

Project management was also a popular choice with 12% of the women choosing this as their preferred vocation. 8% opted for consultancy and 7% said they would like to help people, with answers including “taking IT to schools in Africa” and “coaching and mentoring”. 6% mentioned that their dream job would involve a better work / life balance, with less travelling time and more flexible hours and over 10% of the women said that they were already doing their dream job.

Some interesting job choices included education minister, professional blogger and animator at Pixar, whilst some left the realm of IT completely and included cruise liner DJ, bakery owner and comedienne!

“The answers that these women gave ranged from consultant to software tester, and from researcher to executive coach” says Maggie Berry, Director of womenintechnology.co.uk. “It goes to show just how many different career paths IT can offer. The results also highlighted how ambitious women in IT are. Hopefully the information and advice on career development that W-Tech provided will help these women get a step closer to grabbing their dream job within IT.”


 

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