I am a woman in electrical engineering. I graduated 5 yrs ago after going back to school 15 yrs after getting a AS in pre-engineering. I love engineering, and I love my actual job, but everything else sucks. I am really good at what I do now, and thorough, which people find refreshing when my jobs turn out with few problems. But nobody sees what I bring to the table. I had to move departments already from the discrimination I was receiving from my last manager, and it was the same from the last job I bailed from. I have a host of ideas and improvements I would like to implement, but don’t have the platform in which to do them. I feel so belittled now, i don’t know if I would want to implement my ideas. I have found I have no support from upper management, I like my co-workers, but have very little support there either. I am willing to help them, but it is not the same the other way around. It should be a two way street, but it’s not. Jobs I have applied to for the last 6 months pass me off like nothing. Is this really such a man dominated field? I just want team collaboration and to be the leader and support my place of work needs, but there is no support in doing that. My list of cons grows more and more every day, while the only thing on my pro’s list is I like my job (sometimes), and learn a lot (but mostly on my own). Does it get better, or do I just walk away…?