Wow!
Nearly all the posts I read from you are when I curate for Pinmapple. I had this vision of a gentle female (partly because of your profile pic) who travels round the Rockies, writing brilliant posts to take readers with them. Other than that, I remember reading something from you once where you were quite vocal about something. But reading this post is like finding out about a totally different you.
Often, in many normal office jobs, female have difficulties breaking the glass ceiling, so I can imagine how much more difficult it is in a male dominated heavy industry. In fact, I guess even you get a chance to even attempt to break the glass ceiling, you got a much bigger hurdle to actually get in the club. You're so lucky that you had your Carole to mentor you, and hopefully with your experience over the years, you'll be a Carole to the many other young females joining the industry.
Take care!
RE: Diary of a tradeswoman( uncensored ): rambles and the wisdoms learned getting old