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>I probably had the smartest dad in the room and the best DNA for engineering, but I barely participated because I was convinced engineering was for boys. Desp
by indigo0086 2y ago
>I probably had the smartest dad in the room and the best DNA for engineering, but I barely participated because I was convinced engineering was for boys.
Despite your "dna" your personality and preferences can override decisions you believe are somehow preordained in your genetics. Girls don't make "good engineers". Good engineers make good engineers and it often appears very early in life that they show an affinity for that kind of work
- readthenotes1 2y agoA girlfriend in high school told my dad that she was planning on becoming a mechanical engineer. She was driving her dad's car and he asked her what kind of engine was in it. She had no idea. I don't think my dad was being sexist and believing that she did not have a bent for engineering. I'm not sure what she did after college, but failed out of her first choice with too much partying and too low test grades