A post by Dori Smith about lack of women in the IT workplace and lack of interest in working in IT by women. But in the comments, there is also an underlying theme of companies not hiring anyone who’s not male, 18-25, and willing to work insane hours for beans, not just females.

This just makes more timely and relevant the “Moving on to post-corporate life” series that David St. Lawrence at Ripples has been writing recently.

In addition, for me, IT work environments are particularly hostile in terms of intellectual one-upsmanship and verbal sparring. The need to always defend oneself against egotistical know-it-alls grows tiring, as is the inevitable deathmarch when a deadline approaches. If I wanted to argue or work insane hours, I would be a lawyer. At least the pay’s better. I can understand and don’t blame women for not wanting to work in IT.