After seeing my development job outsourced to India in the early 2000's during an IT slump, I have no compulsion to steer my daughter into STEM. I hope she finds a career that she grows into and does well, STEM or not.
STEM is in demand at this spot in history, but I've learned the hard way it's subject to fads, bubbles, age discrimination, H1B's, and outsourcing.
Please tell me, why push women into such risk?
I suspect it's lobbyists trying to get cheaper IT labor for their plutocrat bosses by flooding the market. Feel welcome to convince me otherwise.
It's actually pretty short-termist too. Women are being pressured into taking on careers, are having children later or not at all and denying the future new scientists, engineers, whatever. It's self-defeating at root.
Now I will attempt to defray the cries by stating that women who are interested in these things should absolutely be encouraged to follow their dreams. I hope my own daughter has significant achievements. Let's not force it though, eh?
Then why not equally focus on removing barriers in other lucrative fields, including CEO, where females are underrepresented? Play the whole piano, not just the STEM key.
People are already doing that. Society can work on more than one thing at a time. The best way to get female CEOs is to remove as many barriers to women in the workplace in every department. IT is rather important, so it makes sense that any short-comings in this aspect should be tackled.
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After seeing my development job outsourced to India in the early 2000's during an IT slump, I have no compulsion to steer my daughter into STEM. I hope she finds a career that she grows into and does well, STEM or not.
STEM is in demand at this spot in history, but I've learned the hard way it's subject to fads, bubbles, age discrimination, H1B's, and outsourcing.
Please tell me, why push women into such risk?
I suspect it's lobbyists trying to get cheaper IT labor for their plutocrat bosses by flooding the market. Feel welcome to convince me otherwise.
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You are correct.
It's actually pretty short-termist too. Women are being pressured into taking on careers, are having children later or not at all and denying the future new scientists, engineers, whatever. It's self-defeating at root.
Now I will attempt to defray the cries by stating that women who are interested in these things should absolutely be encouraged to follow their dreams. I hope my own daughter has significant achievements. Let's not force it though, eh?
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Please tell me, why push women into such risk?
It's not pushing. They want to enter IT because they find it interesting. It's removing the barriers.
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Then why not equally focus on removing barriers in other lucrative fields, including CEO, where females are underrepresented? Play the whole piano, not just the STEM key.
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IT is not special.