We just ask people to be reasonable. If you need to go to your kid's school and participate, do what you need to do. We're not running stopwatches, you know what you have to do at Autodesk, but we're also encouraging you to be part of what your kids are doing. Nobody ever told me that I couldn't be good in math or science, as a matter of fact, I was told the opposite - whatever you do, do it well. To some extent, I believe that doers do.
Some people start early and keep going.
Today, I think people like to separate the fact that you're either studious or your athletic - I never buy into tight labels. Bartz's daughter had just begun sixth grade at the time of this interview, and although she once bought into the traditional roles that boys and girls have, she doubts her place no more. She's totally out of that now. She believes that if young girls see women in the workplace who are using math and science, they will have role models who have succeeded in the fields of math and science. Besides having outreach programs, and internships in all areas of Autodesk for high school students, Bartz supported a group of employees who proposed the Design Your Future initiative, a program to inspire young women in middle school and high school to learn about careers in math, science and technology.