From Women on Wheels to Women in BIM
by Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development, Ideate Software When women ask me for advice, I often talk about mentoring. By entering a traditionally male-dominated field, you are already a role model. Whether you become an official mentor or not, you can provide encouragement to others by speaking up, asking questions, and sharing knowledge. Here are some examples of actions that positively impacted me: My mother has a love of learning and was fearless in her areas of research. Here she is in the 1970s learning how to repair a car with the Women on Wheels program. She has always been my role model. She encourages me through her actions to always push myself to learn new things. While in college in the late 1980s, I had several professors who were mentors simply by being female. This was at a time when only 4% of architects were women . One professor who made a big impression nursed her daughter in class. It needed to be done, so she did it. I highly recommend not ...