Katherine Cummings is known for her great work with Sydney Australia's Gender Centre.
In Katherine Cummings biography, " Katherine's Diary " the suggestion was made that you can't throw a tennis ball into a group of engineers without hitting a cross-dresser.
The big question is - IS THIS TRUE ?
Kindest regards, Kirsten. ( Engineer ). xx
My understanding is that one man in twenty crossdresses. Not sure what the number of
women crossdressing is.
Hugs, Devlyn
I would have thought from what I have heard anecdotally that it is more likely to be someone working somewhere in IT...have not heard the engineers thing but I think there are a fair few of them here...Roll call!! :laugh: how many engineers do we have ;)...quite a few I think :)
Take care
Liz
Quote from: LizK on November 26, 2018, 01:39:23 AM
I would have thought from what I have heard anecdotally that it is more likely to be someone working somewhere in IT...have not heard the engineers thing but I think there are a fair few of them here...Roll call!! [emoji23] how many engineers do we have ;)...quite a few I think :)
Take care
Liz
I firmly believe if you toss a tennis ball into a room full of IT professionals you will hit 10 cross-dressers & 5 transsexuals.
Kindest regards, Kirsten.
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Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on November 26, 2018, 12:27:37 AM
Katherine Cummings is known for her great work with Sydney Australia's Gender Centre.
In Katherine Cummings biography, " Katherine's Diary " the suggestion was made that you can't throw a tennis ball into a group of engineers without hitting a cross-dresser.
The big question is - IS THIS TRUE ?
Kindest regards, Kirsten. ( Engineer ). xx
Well...I went into the wrong career field.
Quote from: GingerVicki on November 26, 2018, 02:07:49 AM
Well...I went into the wrong career field.
I hid in plain sight, I was a nurse...
Quote from: GingerVicki on November 26, 2018, 02:07:49 AM
Well...I went into the wrong career field.
What field did you go into GingerVicki?
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Must say there seems to be a few vehicle mechanics on here (myself included)
Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on November 26, 2018, 02:04:54 AM
I firmly believe if you toss a tennis ball into a room full of IT professionals you will hit 10 cross-dressers & 5 transsexuals.
Leave transsexual IT professionals alone. ::)
Give me some credit though, having no college degree or great occupational ambitions, I worked in the pink collar sector from the time I got my first job as a secretary/receptionist at 19 and did that kind of stuff until I was 40 and found a way out of working in offices. Who even knew I had a knack for IT stuff?
"pink collar sector". :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Lisa_K on November 26, 2018, 03:42:34 AM
Leave transsexual IT professionals alone. ::)
Give me some credit though, having no college degree or great occupational ambitions, I worked in the pink collar sector from the time I got my first job as a secretary/receptionist at 19 and did that kind of stuff until I was 40 and found a way out of working in offices. Who even knew I had a knack for IT stuff?
I also firmly believe transsexuals have a knack for creative thought and therefore computer troubleshooting and programing. I also wonder if there is an element of being a bit different ie Geek factor !
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Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on November 26, 2018, 02:04:54 AM
I firmly believe if you toss a tennis ball into a room full of IT professionals you will hit 10 cross-dressers & 5 transsexuals.
Kindest regards, Kirsten.
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I'm in IT.....maybe that's just another sign I never paid attention to all these years [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji28]
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Quote from: davina61 on November 26, 2018, 03:36:41 AM
Must say there seems to be a few vehicle mechanics on here (myself included)
I would love to have access to a transwoman mechanic in the Northern Territory where I live. I think I will just have to carry on with repairs & maintenance myself - en femme of course !
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Worked in IT almost my whole career
Retired engineer here! Someone I used to work with transitioned years ago. So that's 2 here.
I was in IT for most of my career. I think the field appeals to people struggling to find themselves. Computers don't judge. Back in the days before Microsoft Windows, they didn't bully, either. >:-)
I'm still techsup and planning to learn coding though I believe it mostly because it doesn't connected with my gender identity.
I plead guilty to both charges, your honor.
Although I retired from a 25 year engineering career, I was pretty much our outfit's IT lead.
It's really my own fault. During my second interview, I stupidly admitted that I had spent more than a few years babysitting Big Blue mainframes and still had a reasonably fluent knowledge of Fortran and Cobol.
Oops. When will I learn to keep my trap shut?
Susan
I worked as an electronics engineer designing microwave amplifiers and oscillators prior to my transition. Post transition none of the companies I used to design stuff for would hire me. I literally had one of the owners of one place tell me if it were up to them they would hire me, but his partners thought having a trans employee would be too disruptive.
I Had to sell my house at a loss and move to where nobody knows my past, I now work as a technician in the same field as I do not have a degree in engineering, just years of knowledge and experience. Upside I am much happier now just being myself without the baggage of my past.
Try that with actors and artists, I think almost all of the former are at it. They can always say it's work-related.
Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on November 26, 2018, 02:04:54 AM
I firmly believe if you toss a tennis ball into a room full of IT professionals you will hit 10 cross-dressers & 5 transsexuals.
Kindest regards, Kirsten.
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Guilty as charged Kirsten.
Gabrielle
25 years of software development here, 18 years more to go. I hope someone will hire me after my current company shows me the door after I come out.
Do I count? Former EE specialized in data transmission, moved on to medical research!
Quote from: Kylo on November 26, 2018, 11:56:26 PM
Try that with actors and artists, I think almost all of the former are at it. They can always say it's work-related.
Great to see you Kylo.
I thought if you were in the arts or theatre you had to be trans otherwise they take you away for therapy!
Kirsten x.
Seems like a safe bet for any group of people. Engineers seem more likely to be fashion-challenged though. ;D
Quote from: Beverly Anne on November 27, 2018, 10:30:58 PM
Seems like a safe bet for any group of people. Engineers seem more likely to be fashion-challenged though. ;D
That is why I left engineering, and went back to school to go into medicine. We medical people don't need fashion, we have white lab coats!
Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on November 27, 2018, 10:13:18 PM
Great to see you Kylo.
I thought if you were in the arts or theatre you had to be trans otherwise they take you away for therapy!
Kirsten x.
You have to be able to put your mind in someone else's position so it wouldn't surprise me... if you don't go in having blurred the lines a bit you definitely come out having done.
The psychatrist I saw to get my referral letter, asked what I did. I said software development. He said, that is very interesting, a significant proportion of my clients come from IT related fields.
As a generalisation, he certainly found it had validity.
Quote from: Beverly Anne on November 27, 2018, 10:30:58 PM
Seems like a safe bet for any group of people. Engineers seem more likely to be fashion-challenged though. ;D
My goodness.(What a bitch!) Sounds like a comment a medical professional would make. I personally know an engineer with impeccable taste in fashion. See below
.(https://i.imgur.com/2DoJj3M.jpg)
Yours sincerely, Kirsten xx.
Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on December 03, 2018, 11:38:07 PM
My goodness.(What a bitch!) Sounds like a comment a medical professional would make. I personally know an engineer with impeccable taste in fashion. See below
.(https://i.imgur.com/2DoJj3M.jpg)
Yours sincerely, Kirsten xx.
Waite a minute, no all medical professionals are bitches (well, I used to be an engineer, but white lab coats are really cool and absolutely fashion neutral)
Late to the party, but I'm currently a graphics design engineering intern, anyways I hope that counts haha
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Quote from: CuriousCat94x on December 13, 2018, 10:18:47 PM
Late to the party, but I'm currently a graphics design engineering intern, anyways I hope that counts haha
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Thats uncanny, another engineering student!
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Guilty as charged. Self taught auto mechanic/small engine mechanic as well.
Engineering is a field that sees a lot of us because it's a field with a lot of people who just think differently. I know this applies to me.
Lisa
This is scary....I had a qualification as a System Analyst...owned my own support company....(twilight zone music blares)
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Quote from: LizK on December 13, 2018, 11:03:18 PM
This is scary....I had a qualification as a System Analyst...owned my own support company....(twilight zone music blares)
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I sometimes think the rigid thought process and rigid behaviour is a factor. The masculine, rational, unemotional workplace is a contributor as well.
In our spare time we blow out. We like to put on a nice dress and some makeup and be the antithesis of our work self.
Great to see you Liz!
Kirsten.
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Quote from: Lisa89125 on December 13, 2018, 10:50:14 PM
Guilty as charged. Self taught auto mechanic/small engine mechanic as well.
Engineering is a field that sees a lot of us because it's a field with a lot of people who just think differently. I know this applies to me.
Lisa
Too true Lisa !
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Ahhh,
I think I pointed out before that there are a lot of IT professionals on this site. I have work in the IT industry and Telecoms industry for over 25 years.
Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on December 13, 2018, 11:43:14 PM
I sometimes think the rigid thought process and rigid behaviour is a factor. The masculine, rational, unemotional workplace is a contributor as well.
In our spare time we blow out. We like to put on a nice dress and some makeup and be the antithesis of our work self.
Great to see you Liz!
Kirsten.
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I don't necessarily agree. I think it is the innovative, out of the box thinking that is part of being creative (as engineers have to be) that allows us to also think out of the box when it is about our own self!
My working life started out as an electrical engineer, specialized in data transmission/communication (kind of IT, isn't it?).
That brought me into the medical filed, because all those implantables need to transmit data. At some point I wanted to know more about all that biology involved, and I went back to school and studied medical stuff (exactly biomedical sciences), and I ended up in medical research. Still doing innovative stuff and thinking outside of the box!
And now I am a trans woman, how about that?
Quote from: Dietlind on December 14, 2018, 08:47:46 AM
I don't necessarily agree. I think it is the innovative, out of the box thinking that is part of being creative (as engineers have to be) that allows us to also think out of the box when it is about our own self!
My working life started out as a electrical engineer, specialized in data transmission/communication (kind of IT, isn't it?).
That brought me into the medical filed, because all those implantable need to transmit data. At some point I anted to know more about all that biology involved, and I went back to school and studied medical stuff (exactly biomedical sciences), and I ended up in medical research. Still doing innovative stuff and thinking outside of the box!
And now I am a trans woman, how about that?
Interesting!
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Nearly 25 years in telecommunications with IT know-how being a necessary skill set in order to stand out and to be able to provide an end to end service for my clients.
I'm a one stop shop problem solving machine.
Lol. Wish I could solve my own problems as easily.
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Quote from: Chaerlie Bjerkenstök on December 15, 2018, 10:13:10 AM
Nearly 25 years in telecommunications with IT know-how being a necessary skill set in order to stand out and to be able to provide an end to end service for my clients.
I'm a one stop shop problem solving machine.
Lol. Wish I could solve my own problems as easily.
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If I needed the services of an IT professional I would be concerned if it turned out they weren't trans.
(LOL).
Kirsten x.
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Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on December 15, 2018, 10:20:25 AM
If I needed the services of an IT professional I would be concerned if it turned out they weren't trans.
(LOL).
Kirsten x.
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Currently serving WA......maybe it's time to expand into the NT...
Haha.
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I began working with computers in 1978 (Heathkit H-8), at the age of 16. My bachelor's degree is in Computer Science, which was taught in the College of Engineering. My current job title is 'Sr Database Engineer Lead'. Every job I have ever I had in my career (over 34 years) has been in IT.
Quote from: Chaerlie Bjerkenstök on December 15, 2018, 10:23:39 AM
Currently serving WA......maybe it's time to expand into the NT...
Haha.
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Love it !
Kirsten
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Quote from: Jessica_Rose on December 15, 2018, 10:24:09 AM
I began working with computers in 1978 (Heathkit H-8), at the age of 16. My bachelor's degree is in Computer Science, which was taught in the College of Engineering. My current job title is 'Sr Database Engineer Lead'. Every job I have ever I had in my career (over 34 years) has been in IT.
It really is uncanny! Funny that interacting at various workplaces over the last 30 years I have only met 1 or 2 trans individuals.
Everyone must dress conservatively male at work and go en femme in the evening!
The girls probably go butch masculine.!
(LOL).
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Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on December 15, 2018, 10:40:19 AM
It really is uncanny! Funny that interacting at various workplaces over the last 30 years I have only met 1 or 2 trans individuals.
Everyone must dress conservatively male at work and go en femme in the evening!
The girls probably go butch masculine.!
(LOL).
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I have never knowingly met a trans person. But work in the lab was so gender neutral, every body wore the same, rather ill fitting, lab coat. The medical people could be separated from the engineering type people by the pocket protectors which the Reengineering people always had in the breast pockets of the lab coats.
If you came across a person with a pocket protector, you could bet it was not a medical person!
So, after reading this entire thread I come away with this impression. If only I had been in IT or in engineering, I could have been a transsexual or a cross dresser too. Oh gosh, if I had only known.
I will add my count to the mechanic group. I would also count in the educator category. I am surprised not to see more volunteers from the school system. I know a few teachers.
Quote from: Jessica_Rose on December 15, 2018, 10:24:09 AM
I began working with computers in 1978 (Heathkit H-8), at the age of 16.
Yay, another Heathkit person. Although I got started in 1972 stealing time on university computers, the first one I owned myself was a Heathkit H-11, which I named FRED, for "frankly" ridiculous electronic device.
Quote from: HappyMoni on December 16, 2018, 07:39:52 AM
So, after reading this entire thread I come away with this impression. If only I had been in IT or in engineering, I could have been a transsexual or a cross dresser too. Oh gosh, if I had only known.
I will add my count to the mechanic group. I would also count in the educator category. I am surprised not to see more volunteers from the school system. I know a few teachers.
Being an educator (my ex is one, too), you certainly know all about life long learning! It is thus never to lat, to hopp onto the IT bandwagon!
You still could become a trans and cross dresser if you would do that! >:-) :angel:
Quote from: Dietlind on December 16, 2018, 09:06:58 AM
Being an educator (my ex is one, too), you certainly know all about life long learning! It is thus never to lat, to hopp onto the IT bandwagon!
You still could become a trans and cross dresser if you would do that! >:-) :angel:
I have way too much fear and don't want to totally turn my life upside down to try to figure out how to adjust the vertical hold on somebody's computer. lol I know, I know, I'm gonna miss out on that other fun stuff! Besides, "IT" is a little too Steven King for me.