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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Smoke is Clearing
As stressful as today’s engineering environment can be, or maybe that’s just my office, it pales in comparison for this non-smoker when smoking in the workplace was commonplace. That’s right, as late as the late 1980’s, smoking in the offices … Continue reading
The Incredible Mr. Ward
While I’m on the subject of influential teachers, there’s Mr. Ward. Mr. Ward taught chemistry to sophomores and juniors in high school. He was relatively young, but probably in his thirties, old to those of us in high school at … Continue reading
The Fantastic Mrs. Todd
Early inspiration for my interest in science and how things work has to include my eighth grade science teacher. First one needs a little background into Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1969. Prior to the late 1960’s Tulsa, like most southern United … Continue reading
It Never Snows in California
South Carolina winters typically delivered a few snowstorms that resulted in four to six inches of snow and ice. With no snow removal equipment in the area, the cities usually shutdown until the next day when heat returned and the … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Engineering, Silicon Valley, snow, South Carolina, STEM
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Did You Page Me?
Phone jokes are probably the funniest things I remember most about working. There is just nothing like a well placed practical joke to help the day pass. These days stress takes over the project and sucks the fun right out … Continue reading
Exercising My Options
I left engineering for a couple of years in the late 1980’s. My husband and I started up an electric sign company after we moved to South Carolina. It was an opportune time to work a business. My engineering salary … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, divorce, Engineering, self-employ, single parent, South Carolina, STEM
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RIP Steve Jobs
Visionary, inspiring, innovative, what other adjectives would you use to describe Steve Jobs? While there will be others to come as there were others who preceded him, Jobs has left an indelible mark on technology, science and society. I’m so … Continue reading
Raising the Harassment Flag
I’ve written before about some of the sexual harassment that transpired over the early years of my career. There was a time when a Seattle engineer who came down to Oklahoma City to share his technical knowledge subjected a co-worker … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Engineering, oklahoma, Sexual Harassment, STEM
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STEMz and Roses 