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Particularly given the huge investment by the industry to incentive women to pursue careers in stem. I can't imagine a more welcoming environment, unless the Ub
by weberc2 9y ago
Particularly given the huge investment by the industry to incentive women to pursue careers in stem. I can't imagine a more welcoming environment, unless the Uber-esque fiascos really are commonplace and I've just had the good fortune to avoid these people.
- Omnius 9y agoI know you hear these crazy stories about these tech companies and they are so so so far outside anything i have ever experience at place of business and i am 41. Granted i am a guy but these things just don't happen where i worked when things even get mildly outside the box HR steps in and people fix their behavior or they terminated depending on the offense.
- tachyonbeam 9y agoI really doubt that Uber-esque fiascos are representative of the experience of most women working in STEM fields. Another point of comparison here though would be: was the medical field not very macho at some point? When the medical field was opened to women, early on, it was mostly men, in a field that had been traditionally masculine. Women had to make their place, and they did. Why did the same thing not happen in STEM? Why is it still not happening? Surely tech companies now can't be less welcoming to women than the medical field in the 1950s-1980s? Particularly since this is an issue that everyone in tech is now consciously aware of.