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It's interesting how you are concerned about your own "career trajectory", yet for women you cite work/life balance and ability to have children. Edit: I just

• dexen 8y ago
  The keywords are "push" - as in, applying cultural pressure - and "require" - as in, "[work in academia] will pretty much require them to put off kids until their late 30s, if ever". Presenting choices and opening avenues is a laudable thing. Pushing, via cultural means, is the opposite. Especially when certain inconvenient details are consistently glossed over.
• antt 8y ago
  >I do not see why you want to push women to a field that pays starvation wages, has worse work/life balance than programming and will pretty much require them to put off kids until their late 30s, if ever. Do you notice I put starvation wages first? Probably not, it would require reading what you're replying to. You're welcome to play again of course. Might I direct you to [0] where in I compare male CEOs to chimps and come to the startling conclusion that not only are chimps better but the lack of cocaine habit makes them more cost effective too? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19620218 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19620218