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Women are more sensible than men. Unless you start a successful startup, or are in the top 1% of engineers, having a typical engineering job is pretty lame. Sta

Women are more sensible than men. Unless you start a successful startup, or are in the top 1% of engineers, having a typical engineering job is pretty lame. Statistically you will make more money with less effort by choosing a medical or legal related field. Greenspun said it best here: http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science This article is about science careers. Just switch a few things in his career path and it is the same argument for engineering careers.

tx 18y ago
Typical engineering job is pretty lame? That's very American, if you ask me, because you're measuring everything around youself in dollars. I've become an engineer because I create things: every day something starts spinning, cranking, rotating and pumping because I build it, while 100% of lawyers (without exceptions) are useless parasites eating off our own deficiencies. Having an average engineering job isn't lame, your (and Greenspun's) line of thinking IS lame. In fact, it's pretty disgusting. That also explains why there aren't many women in the field: generalizing, they're simply more bottom-line oriented, as numerous studies have proven: they don't spend 6 years to get a Master's and build robots in a garage in their spare time for free, instead they'll "wipe ass" overtime in a nearest hospital with an associate degree, because overtime pays double rate.