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> software developer is actually a pretty cushy gig it can be > that I would wish on moms everywhere. I don't know any mom "hacking it" as their dayjob and h

> software developer is actually a pretty cushy gig it can be > that I would wish on moms everywhere. I don't know any mom "hacking it" as their dayjob and honestly I am not sure if I'd whish them to (coding can be very demanding)

eru 12y ago
>> software developer is actually a pretty cushy gig > it can be If it's not, you are either doing something wrong in the current climate, or you are more ambitious by choice. Pulling six figure salaries is laughably easy, if you are willing to move.
judk 12y ago
You.. Don't think mothers are programmers? Do you live in Alaska?
- mqsiuser 12y ago
  I don't know any. Do you? The woman working in IT that I know are: Scrum Master, (Project/Assistant-)Manager, Team- & Department-Leads, QA and Testing. Could just pls one of the hacking moms reply with their experience? Preferably ones that manage it with 3 or more kids? Please leave you technology stack in the comment.
  - rabid_fish 12y ago
    My wife (currently asleep) and I have 3 children, and she's a .Net developer. I'm a Java dev. Every now and then we'll have discussions about various tech. We juggle care of the children between us. I have a young female coworker who has just had her first child. She a Java dev, and she has the respect of her fellow devs and management. Work life is balanced and family oriented here in the Midwest. Women are just as productive as men (and many are more so) and can serve in the same roles.
  - sethammons 12y ago
    The engineering department manager where I happily work was formerly my team lead, and prior to that, a team member, and for the prior decade, a programmer in a variety of industries. She knows her shit. Off the top of my head, I believe she has worked with oo and async perl and python, C, C++, some lisp, actionscript, javascript, and was about to pick up go prior to filling the manager role. Single mother of two. Our DBA is also a mom and a former python webdev.

eru 12y ago

>> software developer is actually a pretty cushy gig > it can be If it's not, you are either doing something wrong in the current climate, or you are more ambitious by choice. Pulling six figure salaries is laughably easy, if you are willing to move.

judk 12y ago

You.. Don't think mothers are programmers? Do you live in Alaska?

mqsiuser 12y ago
I don't know any. Do you? The woman working in IT that I know are: Scrum Master, (Project/Assistant-)Manager, Team- & Department-Leads, QA and Testing. Could just pls one of the hacking moms reply with their experience? Preferably ones that manage it with 3 or more kids? Please leave you technology stack in the comment.
- rabid_fish 12y ago
  My wife (currently asleep) and I have 3 children, and she's a .Net developer. I'm a Java dev. Every now and then we'll have discussions about various tech. We juggle care of the children between us. I have a young female coworker who has just had her first child. She a Java dev, and she has the respect of her fellow devs and management. Work life is balanced and family oriented here in the Midwest. Women are just as productive as men (and many are more so) and can serve in the same roles.
- sethammons 12y ago
  The engineering department manager where I happily work was formerly my team lead, and prior to that, a team member, and for the prior decade, a programmer in a variety of industries. She knows her shit. Off the top of my head, I believe she has worked with oo and async perl and python, C, C++, some lisp, actionscript, javascript, and was about to pick up go prior to filling the manager role. Single mother of two. Our DBA is also a mom and a former python webdev.