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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by userium on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:30PM (#12687180)
>>"Yeah, women get driven out of tech in droves."

True, over 40% of women leave SET (science, engineering, technology, math) mid-career (https://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/womenint... page 9).

Interestingly, in engineering 39% leave mid-career, and in technology occupations 56%.

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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:53PM (#12687974)
>True, over 40% of women leave SET (science, engineering, technology, math) mid-career //

How does that compare to other fields?

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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by userium on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:34AM (#12690448)
Not sure about the data for other fields. But if you compare to men, in SET, only ~17% of men leave mid-career.
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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by MollyR on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @12:24PM (#12694241)
The big elephant in the room is pregnancy and children. I've thought about having children, and leaving my career very intensely, but pushed it back after seeing the related costs.
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