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Haven't posted in a long time on CD due to being busy with college, but once I saw this cause I thought of the people here at Chief Delphi.
On www.barbie.com/vote they are having a competition to see which career should be the next one for Barbie. One of the possibilities for this year is Computer Engineer. I was hoping that members of CD would be able to help out and add in more votes for a Computer Engineering Barbie. I think that if this Barbie comes out, it might help inspire younger girls to get into engineering or computing.
Hope everyone's build season is going well!
Elgin Clock
11-01-2010, 23:27
Not gonna lie, I'd rather choose Architect.
Also a win for engineering if she becomes that, but in a different manner. ::safety::
Tetraman
11-01-2010, 23:32
Dan...why were you looking at the Barbie website?
*Voted*
jamie_1930
11-01-2010, 23:35
Dan...why were you looking at the Barbie website?
*Voted*
I've got to agree with Evan here. Dan...soo...is there something you should be telling us?
+1 for computer engineer though
Dan...why were you looking at the Barbie website?
*Voted*
Found out about it from friends and reddit.com.
BrendanB
11-01-2010, 23:41
I think Dan just lost some "man" points for being on that site! :p
Voted- hey, it's for a good cause, i think!;)
Dan...soo...is there something you should be telling us?
I think Dan just lost some "man" points for being on that site! :p
Hey, I think that I just lost some man points too. Which is very impressive, as I am not a man. So I'm now in the negatives, because of the high quantity of pink, stereotypes, and...pink.
+1 CE
Though I feel like they blended the ideas of computer engineering and computer science...
JaneYoung
12-01-2010, 00:09
Voted.
This is cool, Dan.
wendymom
12-01-2010, 00:26
Voted...but I liked environmentalist as well.
Joe Schornak
12-01-2010, 00:32
I was disappointed to see no Colonial Marine option.
+1 CE
Also, I note that their site is exceedingly pink.
Jamie Kalb
12-01-2010, 00:35
I think Dan just lost some "man" points for being on that site! :p
Dan, you may have lost man points, but you more than made up for it by gaining "change-the-culture" points. I think this is a great idea - thanks a lot for bringing it to CD!
Rion Atkinson
12-01-2010, 00:37
I was disappointed to see no Colonial Marine option.
+1 CE
Also, I note that their site is exceedingly pink.
That was VERY pink... It scared me to death...
+2 to CE.
Yes, I cheated. :D Just put the link in again. :P
Joe Schornak
12-01-2010, 00:42
+2 to CE.
Yes, I cheated. :D Just put the link in again. :P
+5 to CE.
Their registration system is disappointing.
Rion Atkinson
12-01-2010, 00:58
+5 to CE.
Their registration system is disappointing.
I agree.... I mean it's not like it's that hard to detect a similar IP and redirect it...
The Megan 2207
12-01-2010, 01:53
When Computer Engineer Barbie comes out, I might have to buy it, just because it's COMPUTER ENGINEER BARBIE. I have a feeling that now that this is on Chief Delphi, the other options won't stand a chance.
GaryVoshol
12-01-2010, 07:00
Maybe after Barbie is a computer engineer, she'll be able to figure out a website that doesn't allow multiple votes.
Nin_estarSaerah
12-01-2010, 07:13
Will Barbie be a computer engineer in a miniskirt and heels?
-Voted-
Another +5....although I had the urge to vote for Olympic Barbie for the sheer fact that she didn't have pink on.
-voted-
scottydoh
12-01-2010, 08:58
+1 Architecture
JaneYoung
12-01-2010, 09:03
Also, I note that their site is exceedingly pink.
Barbie turned 50 in 2009 and celebrated in pink. She has reflected culture change as it has affected women for 50 years and she has gone through some changes, herself.
In 1965, there was an Astronaut Barbie.
RogerHebert
12-01-2010, 09:13
+1 for Computer Engineer (since there isn't a Pharmacist choice -yet-).
And passed along the link to our team...
Go Computer Engineer Barbie !
RogerHebert
12-01-2010, 23:09
Told my 13 y.o. daughter (a FLL programmer) to go to the site and vote. She chose Computer Engineer... So there you go - FIRST is working...
sami9145
12-01-2010, 23:16
+3 computer engineering barbie :)
this is kinda cool that barbie might actually be cool for once lol
Elgin Clock
13-01-2010, 03:19
+1 Architecture
Finally another vote for Architect! :D
Phoenix Spud
13-01-2010, 03:29
I got most of our team laughing by bring up the site at our meeting!
+1 CE
Phoenix Spud
13-01-2010, 03:36
+2 CE
My team didn't believe that I had a good reason to be on the Barbie site, so I voted again to show them. :yikes:
Dancin103
13-01-2010, 08:08
I'm working at school, if the school didn't block every website I would deffinately vote. :)
scottydoh
13-01-2010, 09:04
Finally another vote for Architect! :D
It was a must, Im an architecture student lol :cool:
I voted twice for CE: Once because ECE is my major, and a second time for irony (http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/business/company-news-mattel-says-it-erred-teen-talk-barbie-turns-silent-on-math.html?pagewanted=1).
demosthenes2k8
13-01-2010, 10:38
I'll do it at home-I'm in the school library and it could get rather awkward...
Mintfield
13-01-2010, 22:44
1+ Environmentalist.
Trying to Help
13-01-2010, 23:42
+2 here also.
Instead of Barbie Goes Shopping maybe young girls will be playing Barbie Goes to the NSA or Barbie Computes Orbital Insertion .... we can only hope!
Trying to Help
,4lex S.
14-01-2010, 00:05
One of our upper years brought this up at the University of Waterloo Engineering Society meeting tonight... so I would guess that means +50 CE...
PS: If you belong to a student engineering society, spread the word.
JaneYoung
14-01-2010, 09:06
Here's a couple of thoughts as we continue to add our vote information -
A toy can provide an opportunity that helps a child learn and develop. If Barbie is a doll with cool clothes that the child plays with in a familiar environment such as a playroom, the child's imagination can be stimulated and encouraged to help the child think, true. If Barbie is taken out of the familiar environment and placed in an environment to help develop the imagination and thinking processes in areas such as the ones mentioned here in the thread, how much more fun for the child. There's always possibilities and opportunities for helping dreams become realities.
rsegrest
14-01-2010, 09:19
So yeah...uh...Pepto Bismol (sp?) pink in the morning...not a happy way to start the day...BUT got in a vote for CE Barbie...before now Barbie was only good for target practice when I was a kid but now she may actually grow a brain...what is this world coming to?:yikes:
Voted...but I liked environmentalist as well.As an environmental engineer, the term "environmentalist" made my skin crawl. All i could picture was a tree-hugging...well I won't go farther than that.
If it had been environmental scientist, environmental engineer, environmental manager, or so on, it would have had my vote in a minute.
+1 CE.
Chaos Mange
15-01-2010, 20:03
I'll do it at home-I'm in the school library and it could get rather awkward...
Gotta love the library.
+1 CE
Highly random, but brilliant.
So does this mean that Barbie is finally breaking the blonde stereotype?
+5 to CE
I had to do it in secret and I don't think I'll tell the others because I can't really aford to lose any more man points. But great idea
JaneYoung
12-02-2010, 15:57
Looks like Barbie is going to be a Computer Engineer and a News Anchor. (http://www.barbie.com/vote/)
EDIT: Interesting to note the Girls' Vote and the Popular Vote. Also, interesting to note how each will be dressed and what that reflects/says about stereotypes, even though it seems that this opportunity is created to work towards making inroads in diversity in the work force and to help girls understand that they can achieve in any field they are interested in. We still have such a long long way to go. The computer engineer looks cool, though - I'm liking the glasses.
Jane
P.S. Thanks for the update, Jenny.
Phoenix Spud
12-02-2010, 18:19
WHOOO! As a girl who was always geeky, and never liked Barbie, I am excited! This might actually get more women into engineering!!! (Though I must say, I wish they had not put PINK onto her outfit and computer...)
rsegrest
12-02-2010, 19:52
interesting to note how each will be dressed and what that reflects/says about stereotypes, even though it seems that this opportunity is created to work towards making inroads in diversity in the work force and to help girls understand that they can achieve in any field they are interested in.
I agree completely (although I cringed at the glasses personally). The girls on my team work very hard to try and achieve the same respect as the guys. What's funny is that Championships lands the same weekend as our Jr/Sr prom and the girls are all saying, "I don't care about prom, if we make it to Championships I'll wear my prom dress to Atlanta!" and all the guys are saying, "My girlfriend is already mad at me just thinking about the possibility of us making it to Atlanta!"...what does that tell you? :D
What's funny is that Championships lands the same weekend as our Jr/Sr prom and the girls are all saying, "I don't care about prom, if we make it to Championships I'll wear my prom dress to Atlanta!" and all the guys are saying, "My girlfriend is already mad at me just thinking about the possibility of us making it to Atlanta!"...what does that tell you? :D
There is a great photo somewhere in the files of 2 girls wearing their prom dresses, with signs saying something like "I'm missing my prom." Can someone please find it?
JaneYoung
12-02-2010, 20:34
There is a great photo somewhere in the files of 2 girls wearing their prom dresses, with signs saying something like "I'm missing my prom." Can someone please find it?
They were drivers, right?
And I love the pink. I had to start wearing glasses in high school and I got rose pink frames with rose-colored lens. I saw the world through my rose-colored glasses and I was a happy girl.
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