As I look back on my life and my careers, one major characteristic stands out: I never saw anything as an obstacle!
At IBM in the 1970’s, when I looked at the computer sales force, that was 98% male, I thought: what do the men know that I don’t know? Upon being promoted from Senior Secretary to Administrative Operations Manager (AOM), I instead asked to go into computer sales. That year there were three women who passed the full year…..