Who Said Engineering Is Not For Ladies?

That's one thing I love seeing -- ladies making it in "men-only" circles. I always wonder why women don't get more active in the IT industry. Probably because they're scared of writing code. Keep it up lady.

not me; i have come across some female engineers in my line of business and i must say i pity them. Why? because it aint easy; the other day one came to work on our site and i had to climb the telecoms mast so save her ass; she was content to read the signal level of the equipment. The other guys were just cursing - "i asked for an engineer and they sent me a chick, do they think I am still single and searching?"

@otokx i feel you, which is why male engineers must not be allowed to die out lol

 I am an electronic engineering graduate. Was the only girl in my class. Only two people made a 2.1(no firsts) and i was one of them. What can I say, girls rule!!!

SOMEBODY, THATS REALLY GREAT. KEEP IT UP

A woman in a greasy pair of overalls is a sure turn-on.

I started with Mechanical Engineering in Nigeria, then came over to UK for a first degree in Computer Aided Engineering , currently a Network Infrastructure Engr.
I have not had any problems, except if I have to lift servers, rack stuffs etc, then I have to call the guys and I hate doing that.
Also whenever I am pregnant I am confined to desk duties.

I'm also studying Chemical Engineering, it's cool you know. Another thing is that you have more hmmmmmm toasters . In a class where the ratio of boys to girls is like 15:1, what do you expect?

for the ladies,

i think/heard there is some group about lady engineers in Nigeria, i don't know if theyve got a website or something, if i find out info, ill post. Ghana has a large and active group and they hold yearly conferences etc, and many Nigerians are part too, its West Africa wide,

@josboy4Lif
Youre not alone in that department

@ladies

The truth first and formost: -the reason why females don't go into engineering/perhaps they are not many in Africa and Nigeria most especially is because generally, females are seen as the weaker sex, but worse, they see themselves as weak which now makes things worse. I think you ladies should try change that image.

Second: such a bad-perspective as i described above will change when Africa, or lets start with Nigeria attracts foriegn investors to come into the country and assemble real-time electronic components. I'm not talking about the ones they do at Ikeja, or all these computer companies that assemble PCs. But honestly, Why shoudnt a lady be employed to be repairing computers?

an example:I'm from China. In Asia, go to tech-companies like Motorola, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu etc, where electronic components are assembled, designed and manufactured, you'll be surprised, its all women on the assembly line, as test engineers, supervisors, component/device engineers etc, so there a whole lot of women are encouraged to go into engineering because the opportunities are available. Unlike in Nigeria where you might find a handful females in engineering, a whole lot of my classmates in school were girls. Now, still maintaining contacts with them, let me say if im keeping contacts with 100 of them 90 are still in the industry, married with kids and in active-engineering positions. I'm not talking of sitting in the office receiving calls, im talking of field engineering. Besides, in Nigeria here, all we do like scratching the surface of eggs, we don't really dig-deep-into the nitty-gritty core-engineering, so even the male engineers fare no better.


anyway, keep it up girls.

For a lady to be an engineer is a pride for the family and even for the society.I also am an engineer, I study electrical electonics in
school. I just want to say we lady we should keep it up.

*where has this thread been?*
female engineer here! Am actually studying Elect/Elect n i am loving everybit of it. It is quite challenging n u get a lot of comments like 'you're a strong woman o', 'you're hot', because u don't find many females there. In my class, we r just 6 females, n thats even much because in civil they've only got 2 females n in mech, NONE, at my level. If i were to count the females in the 7 eng. depts of my fac., from 100-500 level, we r nt up to 60!

I studied Environmental Engineering Technology, and not only topped the class, but won awards for best female graduand in my school. I still feel good beating all those guys in my department.
I'm exicted when i see girls who make it in a man's world. I'm not of the opinion that "what men can do womwen can do better", i would say that what a man can do, we ladies do with more style".
More grease to your elbows girls

@ pfowighz You r welcome, *for reading*
n how in da world do u pronounce your username? Neways welcum to nairaland!!!

@pfo, it sure is going to b worth your while. enjoy!

@ Badman888
Nobody said Engineering is not for ladies but people thinks anything called Engineering is for male alone which we ladies want to prove that is not for guys alone but for ladies as well and thanks to the baby bee  that start this forum.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a naughty mind here  . I hope the comotion was not caused because you wore a skirt while up there    .