Thursday, September 25, 2008

Feel being underestimated

During university time, I used to study together with many men. Females were the minority in that major. However I didn't find it as an obstacle, and I enjoyed studying and working together with them (for one reason also because I found sometimes women are a bit more complicated).

Now I'm in the same situation where I should work mostly with men. But working world is not the same as university world. Totally different. I don't say that I cannot enjoy my work, but for some situations somehow it gives pressure to me. You know, the feeling like being underestimated.
That what often comes up in my mind. Everytime I'm being in the meeting with many people, for example, where I'm the only woman there and see them talking to each other, I sometimes have this in my mind: "what's this woman doing here? she knows nothing."
I believe I still have brain somewhere here in my head, and I don't look like a stupid person (do I?).. but still.. I can feel it.

But maybe that's my problem. To feel too much.
I shouldn't think what they think about me, should I?
Just prove myself to them, that I able to do lots of things also. Even in the area that women are rarely involved.
Anyway, it's easy to speak.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hehe tenang aja lage...

anjing menggonggong kenyo tetap berlalu ;)

cobek said...

iya deh gue tetap berlalu aja.. :p

ME said...

Hey Kenyo...jadi pengen ikut share... tempat gue kerja skrg juga gitu...apalagi bbrp engineers cowo kadang suka sombong2 bukan main :D
Taktik gue sejauh ini, berusaha cuek en pede aja... harus diakui emang di beberapa hal cowo punya kelebihan yang kita ga bisa nyamain... tapi, sebaliknya juga, kita punya kelebihan yang cowo2 itu ga punya. Trus, company ngehire kita karena alasan tertentu... dan, katanya sih, tempat kerja jadi lebih menyenangkan karena ada cewe2 di dalamnya :D (ge-er mode on)
Sukses ya di tempat kerja yang baru!

Anonymous said...

gw jg baru ngalamin nih.. gw nanya sesuatu dibilang "no, you can't see it" trus gw bales aja nyemprot "you can't say no to me! if i ask a question, give proper answer!" heheheh.. musti nyemprot2 kadang2 sih :p tapi itu cowo emang tipe yg dominan. klo bukan tipe dominan malah manis2 nanya2 ke gw hehehe