I met Warwick at the Engineers Australia seminar. I hear that these events are prime networking opportunities so I decided to engage him in friendly conversation. I found out that he had graduated from the Australian National University in Canberra and moved to Melbourne two years ago to work for a wind energy company.
| J: | “How was the move to Melbourne?” |
| W: | “Good, good. It’s a great city. Lots more happening compared to Canberra.” |
| J: | “Did you have to make a whole new bunch of friends when you came over?” |
| W: | “Actually, I met a lot of Melbourne friends while I was travelling overseas.” |
| J: | “What about at your work? What’s the workforce at your company like?” |
| W: | “It’s quite a small company. There are a few guys my age so I socialise with them a bit.” |
| J: | “What about girls?” |
| W: | (taken aback) “Well, um, I moved in with three girls when I got to Melbourne, so…” |
| J: | (calmly) “No, I mean, are there many female engineers in your company?” |
| W: | (flustered) “Oh! Sorry! That’s what you meant. Sorry. Erm. No, there aren’t any female engineers. We used to, ah, have one but she, um, left…” |
| J: | “Ah. It looks like us girls haven’t yet penetrated the wind industry.” |
Tee hee hee…
Joan, you heartbreaker, you…
Theory: during a male<->female conversation, the amount of the male’s brain which remains working is inversely proportional to the beauty of the female (divided by the beauty of the male’s girlfriend, if he has one).
Wow, wind energy! Sounds exciting! Is he an electrical engineer?
He studied Systems Engineering, which according to the ANU website “integrates selected areas of electrical and mechanical engineering with computer systems and engineering management in a number of discipline majors to produce well-rounded and multi-skilled engineering professionals.”
Sounds like a good degree to me!