[Otaku]

I can understand why FIRST or any other major engineering/science/math specific organization would be glad that more females are getting into the field, but honestly, I say that regardless of gender, as long as you can perform the task, go for it. We have several females on our team (Most are in fund raising division, none in programming, and a few in manufacturing), and I believe them to be equals to myself or other 675 members. In my eyes, there are very few limitations for people (these apply to everybody):

-You must know what you're doing.
-You must know what certain tools are used for/what tools you need (one of the freshmen asked me what a philips screwdriver was... I forcibly removed him from the shop. And yes, our team does training sessions to try and prevent this).
-You must keep a channel of communication open. (675 has had communication issues in past years, they were minimal this year, which is good)


Oh, and I'm a dude. Not that that should matter much.