????在韋克菲爾德小時(shí)候，表姐給她的印象是工程師很酷。隨著年齡增長(zhǎng)，韋克菲爾德的觀念發(fā)生了變化?！耙话愣?，男性工程師的動(dòng)力是酷。而女性的動(dòng)力則是幫助（別人）?！?/p>

????韋克菲爾德曾一度覺(jué)得自己的工作索然無(wú)趣。那時(shí)韋克菲爾德正在開發(fā)一款圖形芯片，她非常惱火，因?yàn)槌商旃ぷ鞯哪康木褪菫榱四承┬『⒃谕妗豆鈺灐罚℉alo）游戲時(shí)能得到更好的爆炸效果。不過(guò)隨著項(xiàng)目進(jìn)展，梅約醫(yī)學(xué)中心（Mayo clinic）參與了進(jìn)來(lái)，圖形芯片加入了醫(yī)學(xué)成像組件。韋克菲爾德終于又找到了自己的動(dòng)力源泉。

????類似韋克菲爾德這樣的親身經(jīng)歷或許能改變女性對(duì)工程的看法。不過(guò)一路上總會(huì)遭遇自我懷疑。所謂“欺騙理論”，或者用韋克菲爾德自己的話來(lái)說(shuō)就是：“我不希望別人最后發(fā)現(xiàn)，我并不像他們想象的那么優(yōu)秀。”這正是許多女性在大學(xué)階段從工程學(xué)轉(zhuǎn)投其它專業(yè)的關(guān)鍵原因?！拔覀冃枰獛椭齻冎厥白孕拧Ｋ齻儽仨毭靼祝荒芤?yàn)闆](méi)有在五歲時(shí)造出一張軟盤就斷定自己在這個(gè)領(lǐng)域沒(méi)有前途?！?/p>

????英特爾發(fā)起的大量項(xiàng)目雖然志高存遠(yuǎn)，但顯然只是杯水車薪。完備的解決方案目前仍遙不可及?；艚鹚箯?qiáng)調(diào)整個(gè)業(yè)界都在對(duì)女性翹首企盼?！皼](méi)有女性的參與，我們?cè)趺茨茉O(shè)計(jì)出女性青睞的產(chǎn)品？”問(wèn)得真好。

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????Wakefield's cousin made engineering seem cool when she was young. As she grew older, though, her interests shifted. "Generally, guys in engineering are motivated by coolness. Women are motivated by their impact to help."

????Wakefield hit a point in her career when she felt apathetic about her work; she was building a graphic chip and hated that she was working her butt off to allow some kid to play Halo with better explosions. As the chip developed, though, the Mayo clinic got involved, adding a medical imaging component to the project. She had found a source of motivation.

????A personal story like Wakefield's can change a woman's view toward engineering. But there's always room for self-doubt along the way. The "Imposter Theory" or, as Wakefield defines it, the "I-hope-no-one-figures-out-I'm-not-as-good-as-they-think-I-am" theory, is a huge factor for women who change their college majors from engineering to other disciplines. "We need to help them gain confidence. They need to know that just because they didn't construct a floppy disk at age five doesn't mean they shouldn't be there."

????The noble-but-small initiatives like the kind that Intel has been promoting are obviously not enough. The complete solution remains elusive. Hawkins emphasizes that the industry is desperate for women. "How are we supposed to design products that appeal to women without women?" Good question.

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