I saw this on CNet news More girls joined the classes and, according to Nourbakhsh, they turned out to be more talented programmers than the boys, dispelling an age-old stereotype. Kids taking robotics classes where Terk is used now include the artists, environmentalists and literati instead of just the techies, Nourbakhsh said. That’s exactly the [...]
Archive for April 2007
What’s behind the gender pay gap? Really?
April 29, 2007Planning for FY08
April 28, 2007With the HST contract signed, we will probably do another staffing plan. Fortunately, we have a running start because of some JWST staffing exercises that Tony Krueger has been leading. The details are still being worked out, but the main message is that work on the planning systems will start to ramp up significantly the [...]
Moving to System Engineering
April 19, 2007It’s official, I’m moving over to lead the System Engineering Branch. The last three years, as I’ve done less development work and more management, I’ve also been drifting in the direction of focusing on interfaces and architectures. I’ve also been working with Melissa on metrics, and I have a very good working relationship with her. [...]
Telecommuting is bad for people who don’t do it?
April 10, 2007An article in the April Communications of the ACM takes an unusually rigorous look at the effect of telecommuting on productivity. The study is done with call center workers, so they have a direct measure of productivity, intensity and efficiency. It’s a long study, so they can deal with temporary effects of new telecommuters versus [...]
PMI MetSIG World Congress 2007
April 9, 2007I’m “attending” the PMI MetSIG virtual World Congress this month. PMI is the Project Management Institute, MetSIG is the Metrics Special Interest Group. The “Global Congress” is being done as a series of webinars — web seminars that include a powerpoint presentation and an audio conference by phone. You can ask questions via a web [...]
Things to see with your kids in Baltimore
April 5, 2007Chris Anderson used my comments about Geek Dad stuff in Baltimore on his GeekDad blog. I love the idea of sharing ideas for seeing “geeky” stuff with your kids, and I’m happy I was able to contribute. tc>
