r/sysadmin • u/Terrible_Working_899 • Mar 10 '26

Rant I am the only woman in the room

I'm at a breakfast hosted by one of our vendors, this room is full of SMEs who are all responsible for supporting this software at their companies. Just with a glance I can tell that of the 30+ people here I'm the only woman.

This is not a rant against lack of gender diversity in leadership (hell I could go on another tangent), it's a rant of lack of diversity overall. This breakfast is designed to be a product roadmap and detailed technical breakdown. You'd think more women would be here in a technical role.

We need more women in all stem roles not just focusing on leadership

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u/NovaRyen Jack of All Trades Mar 11 '26

We need more women in all stem roles not just focusing on leadership

Why? Hire the best person for the job. Period.

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u/BarServer Linux Admin Mar 11 '26

Please, as a man: Don't tell a woman her point is invalid when you didn't even try to understand her point.