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When I was at university, Engineering and Psychology used to have parties together. But that might also have been because Engineering was 80% men and Psychology
by llimos 5y ago
When I was at university, Engineering and Psychology used to have parties together. But that might also have been because Engineering was 80% men and Psychology 80% women.
- TMWNN 5y agoI'm told that Milwaukee School of Engineering began a nursing program to even out the male-female ratio. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6onyh6/til_that_james_doohan_scotty_on_star_trek/dkj1x4f/?context=3 https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6onyh6/til_th...>
- toast0 5y agoI gradumated from there... This is like the first time seeing its name here. I'm not sure I saw any nursing students while there. All of the students I knew were in the engineering program, or had started there and moved to the business program (often as an intermediate step before dropping out) Biomedical engineering seemed to have the least skewed ratio when I attended... But it's also really fing hard.
- anonporridge 5y agoI do wonder if an unspoken part of the drive (even if a small part) to get more women in tech is to get more male engineers coupled up. There are tons of single males in STEM making buckets of money, spending very little, and retiring early. Not only does that mean the profession loses a ton of people before they become senior and have time to train up the next generation, but it reduces supply of engineers and forces employers to keep salaries high.
- toast0 5y agoI imagine that would be worse with more Dual STEM marriages. I made buckets of money and retired early, but it could have been earlier if my spouse also made buckets of money instead of working in a field where the pay didn't justify the agrivation. In that case, there would have been two senior STEMers leaving the field early.