It makes them feel lonely, isolated, and out of place. The problem, however, may have more to do with age than gender. Why Girls Don't Compute Move on up with Women in Tech Monika Khushf, director of engineering at Intuit, has made a documentary film that reveals the effects of Silicon Valley work culture on women engineers. She interviewed men and women engineers from major technology companies, including Sun Microsystems , Apple Computer , Intuit , Electronic Arts , and Netscape Communications . When I started out, I thought I was the only one who felt like I didn't fit in.
Male engineers chase each other down the hallway as part of the requisite nerf gun fights.
Some play Foosball or videogames endlessly. Others spend time at work and often over the weekend constructing elaborate models of cities using blocks of Legos. The men clearly seem to be enjoying themselves. The women in the film, on the other hand, look bored, irritated, or at best resigned as they watch their colleagues have a good time. Some speak of being criticized in reviews for their inability to bond with their peers.