DC Dames had their first official meeting at Arendalsuka – courtesy of Norwegian Datacenter Industry.
Starting a new initiative is always exciting – everything is new and it is impossible to know what to expect. We had our hopes and fears going in to the event. The backup plan (“if no-one comes, we have coffee and an hour to discuss how we can better promote the organization”) was thankfully not needed.
The first woman who came were such a ball of energy, and we started talking. So when the next person came, the conversation just continued, involving her as well. And then person by person – someone alone and someone in pairs – entered, and the conversation just continued.
Smiles and curiosity. This is how I remember it. Smiles and curiosity.
We had to break up the chatter to have the pretense of a meeting, which was mainly everyone introducing themselves and their area of work.
I am grateful for everyone taking their time in an intense week, and I am so unbelievable happy that everyone brought just the exact energy I hoped for; everyone was curious and no one had the exact same skills and competences.
The datacenter industry is just so adverse and multifold and I have no words really to describe the multitude of areas it is possible to be in, while at the same time being part of the same industry.