[BC] Female engineers

[Kent Winrich]

Welcome to the fray Kim.

Where I am at having a female engineer is not that out of the ordinary.

Personally, I dont see why anyone would have any preconceived ideas or women
or Hams or whatever.  Each person is an individual.  If they are good, I
dont care if they are green or a horse.

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Kim Sacks <radioctrldwife at gmail.com> wrote:

> No one has heard of me, I'm still a broadcast newbie, but I have 5 years
> under my belt so far.
>
> I've yet to meet another female broadcast engineer face to face, I'm sure I
> will one day. Since were on the subject... During an interview for a job
> (not broadcast centric, electronics related) the fact that I had a ham
> license was a big plus, but there was concern if the "guys in engineering"
> would be "comfortable" with me as part of their crew, and vice vesa. I
> responded by saying "I work with boradcast engineers. I've heard every knob,
> shaft, screw, and rack joke you can think of. I think I'll be just fine."
> Unfortunately, I never heard back from them. I guess I was to
> confrontational.
>
> -Kim
>
>