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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by twic on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:29PM (#20307414)
I read a study a while ago (didn't pinboard it, sorry) by an engineering professional society on why women who do engineering degrees don't go on to work as engineers. For some, it was obstacles: sexist colleagues, unsuitable workplaces, etc. But for the majority, it was because they didn't want to be an engineer: they used their degree in engineering as a springboard into things like starting their own companies or being investment bankers.

Which rather implies that men who get degrees in engineering tend to carry on into working in engineering because they lack the imagination to do something else.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by deogeo on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:33PM (#20307446)
I cannot imagine a worse insult for 'imagination', than saying that it leads people away from engineering and towards investment banking.
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by sterkekoffie on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:57PM (#20307713)
In my experience, men are more likely than women to choose degrees based on prestige and salary expectations. I'd say it's less about imagination after the fact and more about initial motivation.
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by SkyBelow on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:33PM (#20307444)
>because they lack the imagination to do something else

What about the option that they really want to do engineering.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by xj9 on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:46PM (#20307600)
nobody enjoys STEM work, people are in it for the money.
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by SkyBelow on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:56PM (#20307703)
I would have to very much disagree. There are parts I do not enjoy but those are more office related regardless if the work is STEM or not. I do like the money, but I do STEM stuff for fun and many my side projects eat money, not produce it.
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by krageon on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:00AM (#20343904)
Are you serious? I have long ago accepted that some people just like different things from me, but I still don't really understand how you couldn't love STEM work.

There are other fields which are also fun (obviously), but STEM has all the really cool puzzles and weird edge cases that a certain type of personality really likes.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by andreilys on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:03PM (#20307772)
I also enjoy STEM work and would continue to do it even if it was low-paying.

Also I get a ton of joy from STEM-based personal projects that wouldn't be possible if I didn't level up my skills through work and play

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by malandrew on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:52PM (#20307661)
I enjoy STEM work. Way more satisfying that most endeavors.
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