http://blog.stevedoria.net/20051210/women-business-leaders Real-World Computing Experience Distilled Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.stevedoria.net/20051210/women-business-leaders/comment-page-1#comment-42 PJB Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:18:27 +0000 http://blog.stevedoria.net/20051210/women-business-leaders#comment-42 As a woman in a field dominated by middle-aged white men, I sympathize with Dietrich's decision. I'm an attorney and often get mistaken for a paralegal or an "assistant" by clients because I'm a 20-something woman. Sometimes to get something done by the client, it's not enough to say that I think it should be done - it has to be "Joe" or "Brad," the partner on the case, thinks it should be done. But after awhile with this ruse, the clients start to trust me, and I'd like to think that they've learned a lesson about women attorneys in general rather than one specific to just me. Dietrich is doing the same thing, only without the benefit of an actual partner to name, she created one. It just shows the creative spirit that women have relied on for decades in trying to get a foot in the door in the business world. It's unfortunate that such a ruse is necessary, but I hardly think she can be blamed for that. As a woman in a field dominated by middle-aged white men, I sympathize with Dietrich’s decision. I’m an attorney and often get mistaken for a paralegal or an “assistant” by clients because I’m a 20-something woman. Sometimes to get something done by the client, it’s not enough to say that I think it should be done – it has to be “Joe” or “Brad,” the partner on the case, thinks it should be done. But after awhile with this ruse, the clients start to trust me, and I’d like to think that they’ve learned a lesson about women attorneys in general rather than one specific to just me. Dietrich is doing the same thing, only without the benefit of an actual partner to name, she created one. It just shows the creative spirit that women have relied on for decades in trying to get a foot in the door in the business world. It’s unfortunate that such a ruse is necessary, but I hardly think she can be blamed for that.

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