You got this wrong. First of all, what we choose for our career is depending on many external factors, it can be people putting you off your interest but also

You got this wrong. First of all, what we choose for our career is depending on many external factors, it can be people putting you off your interest but also someone helping you to learn more about it. An important fact you're missing here, girls are lost from the STEM pathway in their early teenage years. https://it-online.co.za/2017/03/07/teenage-girls-fall-out-of-love-with-stem/ https://it-online.co.za/2017/03/07/teenage-girls-fall-out-of... Teachers not thinking they could do STEM, parents who have other ideas for their kids (I include boys, if my mom had her way I wouldn't be a programmer) and friends who think STEM is just for stupid nerds.