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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by ivalm on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:00PM (#22079251)
SWE at FAANG is only a minor, frankly irrelevant, portion of STEM. Most people in STEM cannot transition to being a FAANG SWE. In fact, the OP article of this thread is about progression in an academic career, which doesn't pay well unless you become a full professor at a research uni. First time you break low 6 figures in this career is when you become assistant prof in early/mid 30s.
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by ryandrake on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:38PM (#22079669)
And of the SWEs at FAANG, the ones making $400k in their 20s are yet another tiny slice. So we are comparing a tiny slice of a tiny slice of STEM professionals.
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by CydeWeys on Friday January 17, 2020 @07:42PM (#22081284)
Surgeons, McKinsey management consultants, partners at big law firms, etc., are all tiny slices of much larger, lower-compensated workforces too.

And considering how many tens of thousands of engineers the big tech companies have each, the top slice in our industry isn't that small.

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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by ivalm on Friday January 17, 2020 @08:12PM (#22081431)
I mean, it is small relative to "all physicians" in the US (why the focus on surgeons?). Or even relative to "all stem PhDs"
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by saghm on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:39AM (#22082796)
> In fact, the OP article of this thread is about progression in an academic career, which doesn't pay well unless you become a full professor at a research uni. First time you break low 6 figures in this career is when you become assistant prof in early/mid 30s.

Is an assistant professor different from a "full professor" in your usage here? I'm not sure how you define "paying well", but low six figures is significantly above average in the US (which is where I assume you're talking about, but also most likely above average pretty much everywhere else too).

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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by ivalm on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:52AM (#22083480)
Tenure track professors in the US have 3 major levels:

1. Assistant Professor = no tenure, up or out after ~5 years.

2. Associate Professor = tenured, but still not "full"

3. Professor = tenured "full professor"

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