Survey Probes Traits of Silicon Valley Senior Technical Women

A quick look at the article:

Technical women occupying the highest ranks of Silicon Valley companies differ in some key respects from top technical men, while sharing many of the most important traits.

The conclusions come from a survey of 1,795 technical men and women at seven local high-technology companies, conducted by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.

...."In this report we asked, 'What about the women who have made it, who beat the odds? What can they tell us about what it takes to achieve these positions?'" according to social scientist Caroline Simard, a co-author of the study and research director for the Anita Borg Institute.

....Women and men at senior technical levels largely agreed when asked to identify "attributes for successful people in technology."

Those were listed, in order of importance, as analytical, innovative, questioning, risk-taking, collaborative, entrepreneurial and assertive.


Kenrick, C. (2010, March 22). Survey probes traits of 'senior technical women' . Palo Alto Online Express. News. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news/show_story.php?id=16188&e=y

Play as curriculum

In their textbook Infants, Toddlers & Caregivers, the authors, Professors Janet Gonzales-Mena and Dianne Widmeyer Eyer, describe the science behind:

1. Specific caregiving and play that serves as curriculum to develop physical growth and motor skills, which in turn, increases myelization;

2. Physiologically-timed language development, including non-verbal language in infants.

3. The importance of play.