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Re:My positive experience as a woman in tech by eric-hu on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:45AM (#10759003)
Those are the same reasons I've heard for why we have a young age distribution in tech relative to the age distribution of the general population.

Poor industry retention seems to be a problem across the board.

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Re:My positive experience as a woman in tech by sokoloff on Friday December 18, 2015 @03:44PM (#10760800)
How much of the industry retention problem is that the high pay scale allows for early retirement or early semi-retirement for many?

I'm in my mid-40s and could retire today if I wanted to. I don't because I really enjoy the challenge and stimulation of my work, but I could.

To the extent that's the root cause of low industry retention, I'd consider it a feature not a bug.

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