• Question: What is it like to be a female engineer in todays society?

    Asked by Kirsty to Leah on 13 Mar 2019.
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      Leah Morgan answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Hey Kirsty, this is a really interesting question, thank you! It’s slightly weird being a female engineer in today’s society. We are at a very strange point where the number of female engineers is increasing but there are still people who have very old-fashioned ideas about what a woman can do working at the same company. The majority of people I work with are very supporting of my chosen career (although there is still the occasional inappropriate comment) and I am lucky to have a line manager who believes in me (I’m not sure he’s even noticed I am female tbh).
      I hope you never encounter anyone who puts you down because of your gender, and if you do, I hope you get to rub your success in their face!

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