Barbie's Next Career: Computer Engineer

African-American Barbie Computer Programmer
image courtesy of Amazon.

At the conference I attended I was given bumper stickers that said, "Barbie has a pink laptop", which I squinted at because I hate pink. Why does everything about girls have to be pink? I like blue and green! However, when Barbie's laptop, smart phone, bluetooth earset, and briefcase mean that she's a computer engineer, I have to overlook the pink, after all it's her signature color!

There was also a workshop, Barbie has a Pink Laptop: Redefining How the World Views a Computer Scientist, where participants discussed what it means to be a non-traditional "computer programmer" by virtue of not being male.

The blog Geek Dad has some things to add to the conversation...the last really had me cracking up...only a true geek knows the bounds of operating system (OS) wars :)...and Mountain Dew and a wrist brace should really also be accessories.