Hi, Deborah. I just found this post via Dorothea. Amen to what you said about how tiresome it is to always have to prove yourself. You know the worst part? Earlier this year one of my geek co-workers said to me, "Stop trying so hard! You act like you think you constantly have to prove yourself!" Aaargh!!! This after a year long battle to be allowed to run my own server, because even though I've been a *nix sys admin for eight years, I might not know how to do it properly. *Sigh*

Bess Sadler