Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech?

Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by nommm-nommm on Friday April 21, 2017 @10:17AM (#14165793)

I don't mean to be rude when I say this but you are very out of touch with reality and what's a good income.

$100k - $200k a year puts you, individually, over, at the very minimum, the 75th percentile income for American household.

Also, your friends aren't even close to typical accountant salary, median pay $68,150 per year - https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/accountants-a...

Compare that to the typical software salary, median pay $102,280 per year - https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...

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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by Chris2048 on Monday April 24, 2017 @06:49PM (#14189155)

> for American household

I think OP is talking relative to other skilled vocations, i.e what a potential STEM student might do instead.

If you have the opportunity to choose STEM, you are already at a certain level of opportunity.

> median pay $68,150 per year

How do you compare medians? What if there are more young software developers than young accountants?

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