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I spend a lot of my time and personal money to encourage high school students to pursue a field in STEM (specifically robotics), however, lately I've been havin
by ones_and_zeros 10y ago
I spend a lot of my time and personal money to encourage high school students to pursue a field in STEM (specifically robotics), however, lately I've been having trouble convincing myself to continue due to the long term prospects of a career in STEM. As a professional software engineer at a well known software company, I can only see it as a dead end job with low status and a small shelf life due to age discrimination.
I'd be interested to hear from others who are interested in inclusion how they feel about potentially painting too rosey of a picture.
- bazqux2 10y agoI'm in the same boat. I switched to data science / ml.
- Retric 10y agoIt's a solid starting off point for a range of other roles. Basically the Upwind section of this: http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html I find a lot of professionals used to be programmers.
- tomsaffell 10y agoInteresting and worrying. Could you give more details on the "low status" and the "small shelf life"? Especially as it relates to gender (if indeed it does - forgive my ignorance).
- hpagey 10y agoI share your feeling. I am actively seeking of moving away from the tech field. I am still trying to figure out how to do that (maybe PT MBA will help not sure). My wife who is a software engineer will also exit the tech field in few years, so will my sister.