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So she wants to be an Engineer; what it really takes.

During the time I spent working as the only female in a construction site, it got to me how much I had to adjust to fit in. It did not happen automatically for me as seemed the case with my male counterparts.  I believed that although the changes I underwent seemed trivial, they contributed greatly in making me feel at home in the electrical engineering world. I took note of every hurdle, for your reading pleasure. I hope you find this helpful if you are a little girl trying to fit into an engineering suit. 1.         You cannot be picky.  I had been picky since birth. I was very selective about what I ate, what I wore and wouldn’t wear,  and I especially did not like to have dirt on my hands. This all changed on the first day I stepped into the construction site(or 'chantier' as it is referred to in my locality). The electrical connections were being done simultaneously with the bricklaying so I was almost always around du...