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Re:On sexism in the tech industry - rebuttal by trhtrsh on Friday October 12, 2012 @11:50AM (#4645541)
> A medic, while they might have played doctor, do not really learn any of the basic skills until hitting university education.

The medics I know personally:

* Volunteered in ER in high school -> Doctor

* EMT and high-hours babysitting in college -> Children's Therapist

Also, sports profession :-)

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Re:On sexism in the tech industry - rebuttal by stephencanon on Friday October 12, 2012 @12:03PM (#4645597)
My wife: Swam competitively, studied philosophy and religion as an undergrad -> Neurosurgeon.

More anecdata: all of the best engineers I know came to it late, after doing other things first.

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