Janeway - an inspiration to woman?
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I can only speak from personal experience...but the only reason I am a physicist now is because of star trek and in particular janeway (ok Scully also had an influence)!
That's really cool.
I can't say she's influenced my decision to be a software developer but being a big TOS fan I was excited to see a captain that shared many of Kirk's traits. I also find it fascinating that the same traits that are admired in Kirk are belittled in Janeway but then again as a woman in a male-dominated field things are always fascinating. Frustrating at times but fascinating.
when she was my inspiration I was too young and nieve to understand the complexities of her situation. I just saw her as a strong, independant woman who would do anything to achieve her goal. Having been in a male dominated socienty for 11 years now - I've realised recently (having re-watched voyager for the first time since 2003) that i've adopted her strength and determination whilst being true to myself (and being very feminine).
LOL @ GB being the first one to reply on this thread...
However, I would say Scully had a huge influence on me and my choices in life. Janeway came as a good second (Voyager started here in Finland very late compared when it was first aired in the US). And I still love them both.
However, I would say Scully had a huge influence on me and my choices in life. Janeway came as a good second (Voyager started here in Finland very late compared when it was first aired in the US). And I still love them both.
Maybe so, but I think it would be best for me to choose a new role model, one who will drive me to be a better person. And that role model is... Ensign Travis Mayweather from Enterprise.that's the erm "negative" side to young harry... but if you can play the claranet like he can then I'm sure you'll bring happiness to many
So, basically, I'm just going to stop talking.
OT, I know, but say, kimc, I never knew what you did. That's cool.
You have much more patience for coding than I do, probably.
Programming languages are still languages so if you're good with languages you can write code. A lot of software developers speak more than one language as well as play a musical instrument (in my case it's French/piano).
Sure, there are the math folks who write complex algorithms and encryption codes but that's a whole other branch.
The thing is it didn't occur to me until later that I could write code because that's a guy thing, right?
Good for you, Amy.
(As an aside, I notice you Brits like "whilst." It's endearing.
Desperately thinking of how to reply using 'whilst' as much as possible to support the OP and keep up my country's posh grammatical traits ........
Got it. Whilst not having a high powered career like Amy or kimc, Janeway is fairly inspiring to me as a woman because she gets her own way an awful lots whilst remaining likeable.
OT, I know, but say, kimc, I never knew what you did. That's cool.
You have much more patience for coding than I do, probably.
Programming languages are still languages so if you're good with languages you can write code. A lot of software developers speak more than one language as well as play a musical instrument (in my case it's French/piano).
Sure, there are the math folks who write complex algorithms and encryption codes but that's a whole other branch.
The thing is it didn't occur to me until later that I could write code because that's a guy thing, right?
Just be careful not to be authoritative and in charge, because then you will be "bossy and bitchy."
P.S. My son is one of those math folks--and, as a person in love with the arts, I sometimes wonder where the heck he came from!
I've always seen an artistic beauty to maths; the melding of the simple and the complex, the real and the imaginary, the infinite leading to the absence and the absence leading to the infinite... There's more art in that than I can ever see in a painting.
Damn! I'm failing in my attempt to be like Mayweather.
He would never say two sentences at a time.
Damn! I'm failing in my attempt to be like Mayweather.
He would never say two sentences at a time.
Janeway has always been an inspiration to me. Not in my choice of career, though, because Voyager didn't air in Sweden until I had almost finished university.
Just be careful not to be authoritative and in charge, because then you will be "bossy and bitchy."
God forbid!
"Just be careful not to be authoritative and in charge, because then you will be "bossy and bitchy."
Don’t blame men for recognizing that a woman is being “bossy and bitchy” when she is in fact being “bossy and bitchy”, which is all too often the case in our modern societies.
I was ready to dislike “Voyager” when I discovered that they were casting a woman as captain. I was expecting an unrealistic captain that outfought men and governed by intimidation. Instead, we got a very realistic captain that was in charge by dent of her authority. She never had to be more manly than the men--she remained feminine and still commanded respect. “Voyager” became one of my favorites.
I was in my 30s when Voyager came out, so...no, I can't say I was "inspired." I enjoyed the show, and it was nice to see a woman in charge and not be angsty about it. Shows set in our time who show a woman in charge tend to either make her a bitch or to feel all conflicted about being in charge, which kind of annoys me - I mean, I realize they have to write about something, but isn't this getting kind of old? Heck, I've been in charge at times in my career (including now), and I assure you I am neither bitchy nor conflicted. (I might not be the best judge of whether I'm bitchy or not, but I think I'd know if I were conflicted.) So anyway, I did enjoy seeing someone who was in charge and who was perfectly comfortable being in charge.
but I think I'd know if I were conflicted.) So anyway, I did enjoy seeing someone who was in charge and who was perfectly comfortable being in charge.
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