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Remote work is a boon for anyone with kids. You get to cut the commute out of your day, and so long as day care is nearby, recoup that time with your family. B
by dleslie 9y ago
Remote work is a boon for anyone with kids. You get to cut the commute out of your day, and so long as day care is nearby, recoup that time with your family.
But AFAICT, the tech industry is generally hostile to the notion of having children, or aging past thirty-five.
- roguecoder 9y agoThat has not been my experience at all in comparison to other fields I've been in. My managers especially have often left early to pick up kids, or take a day to care for sick children. People talk about their children vomiting the night before to excuse their sleep deprivation. Every programming job I've had comes with maternity and paternity leave. Two-income households are far more common than stay-at-home parents, and the pay is sufficient people can afford childcare. It is at least much less hostile than most of the rest of America.
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- tj-teej 9y agoHave you ever seen a single hostility? I can't speak for startups, but if someone ever mentioned age or child status in a hiring meeting at an established Tech Company, they'd be met with horrified glares and immediately told those facts CANNOT factor into the hiring decision. Frankly I've worked with many engineers and I've never seen any correlation, positive or negative, between overall engineering productivity and whether the engineer had children.
- dleslie 9y agoYes, I have had heated arguments during hiring committees, behind closed doors, over this issue.