What would you do in your environment today to make it easier for them tomorrow?
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No ... it’s so difficult to be a woman in tech. Unbearable!
I would like to learn more about it. What are some of the reasons. ( i am guy in tech. My team have a few women and would like to understand better )
I would like to understand as well.
I would advise my daughter to fully explore her options and if she has any- interests. I would also emphasize balancing the difference between doing what you love and getting paid enough to enable you to do what you love.
That last sentence is so accurate.
I second that. Doing what you love is one thing, making enough money to survive is something else.
I’d suggest her to be a makeup artist or perhaps a fashion designer. My son is going into tech, I just got him a computer!
What? Why does this comment have so many likes? Could you be any more sexist?
Whoosh
Yes...if it's sw otherwise no Health care/nursing is better option overall
Nursing? Wat?????
Bsn+ masters make 160k -170k easily And that is with 36 he/ week
As a woman in tech, I voted unsure. Yes it’s great pay and a flexible schedule which is why I went into it but the longer I’m in this field the more the constant and unending sexism wears on you. It’s incredibly sad to me because I love tech. But over the years I’ve watched so many brilliant women get chewed up and spit out. It feels like it’s gotten worse over the last 20 years and not better. In terms of life happiness I’m no longer sure it’s the best choice, except for those women who enjoy a fight and a crusade. Most men are wonderful to work with, but they also are too passive and too slow to be supportive when you run into someone who refuses to work with you or questions whether women belong in tech or is just a slime ball. Maybe it’s because I’m a senior woman now and mentoring others but I just hear so many stories and it feels like every other woman I meet is under enormous pressure and is getting warped feedback. Since the majority of my peers have been pushed out of tech over the years there just aren’t enough woman managers. In aggregate, yes I would love to see tons of new women in tech. But when young women I care deeply about ask me about a career in tech my answer to them now is much more nuanced.
When you’re accustomed to privilege, equal treatment feels like oppression.
Wow gender bias much? I don’t like your misandry any more than I like misogyny. Target sells mirrors cheap you should go get one.
Yeah I would. Sexism is an issue. But unlike most people in the Bay I worked outside of tech before this. Trust me, the rest of the working world is much much worse. There are whisper networks to help women land in the right place, but even if you’re not tapped in, if you’re going to work in a sexist world, might as well get fuck you money while doing it.
Misandry much?
Pongal what the fuck could you possibly be talking about?
If she is a minority female she is on the path to CEO!
I really doubt it, I’m a software engineer w 6 yoe. Minority female & only get 102k TC... 🤷🏽♀️
I mean, GE is hardly the top of the pay ladder.
I joined the tech industry directly from a faculty position (non-CS STEM dept). I chose my former career path with full buy-in of the “follow your dreams” mentality: I was interested in the subject and willing to put in long hours at very little pay and essentially nonexistent benefits...until I realized I couldn’t provide a good life for my own children, the only thing that really mattered to me. What I’d tell my own daughter is that I wish I’d seriously considered the importance of compensation/benefits early on, and balanced that against what I found intellectually stimulating. The tech industry is the best of both worlds for me right now but maybe the employment landscape will change in her lifetime.
So true.
You eloquently stated exactly what I wish someone had communicated to me and what I plan on expressing to my children one day. Thank you.
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Who the hell would say no? Sorry darling, you can be anything you want to be, so long as its not in tech. That's messed up.
1 in 3 responders by the looks of it 😞.
*I responded yes*. You dont know why people wrote no, so no sense in getting annoyed. I. E. Maybe they don't want their kids to work long hours, or think the future isn't looking good for this profession. OP-The purpose of your survey isn't clear enough, or just no measured properly. What are you trying to test?