Breaking barriers
In the late 1980s, it was so unusual for women to work in technology and engineering that when I was invited to interview for a graduate job in a new telecoms company, the panel asked for Mr Bunting, assuming somehow, I must be a man called Carolyn.
I already had a pretty good idea that women in this field were rare, having been one of only six women to study physics in my years at university, but if there was a glass ceiling, I didn't see it.
After studying, I was approached by two technology companies with job offers. I took a punt with the new and exciting Racal Vodata, which quickly went on to become part of Vodafone. I was hired first as a sales support engineer. Mobile telecoms was a growth industry with a very entrepreneurial culture, making it an exciting place to work.
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