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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by Pigo on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @09:06AM (#15027112)
I suppose this is the one point I always find myself pondering when these women in tech arguments arise, why is there no push to for women in the oil-manufacturing industry? How many women do we have working on oil rigs? It's a very well paying job with a lot of opportunity for people with less than stellar backgrounds, but trying to get their life on track. There are lots of jobs out there that are close to 100% male, and some don't even require a lot of physical strength. Where is the outcry?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by rainbowmverse on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @09:55AM (#15027455)
I'm sure there's similar movements in other industries, and I'm sure there's someone in their forums saying something similar.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by Pigo on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @01:32PM (#15029413)
Maybe you have a point, I should look into this and see if there are forums where women are trying to push into this field. I have family that works on off-shore rigs, and I've never heard a peep about it. But that is anecdotal.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by on_and_off on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @10:48AM (#15027866)
Any proof of that ?

Of course I only have a myopic point of view of the software industry but I don't hear the same noise from other industries

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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by gaius on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:27PM (#15030406)
Not that myopic; gender in tech is front page news in the mainstream press. Not so much about any other industry.
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by gaius on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:24PM (#15030385)
It's a very well paying job with a lot of opportunity

Dangerous tho'. By the way, apropos of nothing, 95% of workplace deaths are men.

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