[JoSixChip]

Got me the interviews maybe, but not the job.

Sorry to her that, but 5 years out of the work force is a long time. In my field of Electrical Engineering, it has change so much in 5 years that I would need new training to get up to speed after 5 years. You will probably need to start at the bottom again. And I guarantee you that the company I work for, Broadcom, would hire you if you are an Electrical Engineer.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I am a mechanical.

And I guarantee, the work does not change that much. Neither do I forget much about the projects I did.

I know it was risky. My biggest mistake was not snapping up some seminars and so on to seem “up to date” while raising my son. Then medical issues interfered, wasting more time.

But no, being an EXPERIENCED woman does not help if you have that gap. And they don’t want you to start at the bottom.. that would be “debasing yourself” and they wonder why you would offer to take a job beneath your experience?

[TheNext]

ENGINEER LIFECYCLE

Few Engineer Grads work as Engineers.

The technology career lifecycle is only a few years.
The tech career is short.
The college debt is forever.

How many techies speak Mandarin?
How many are willing to work at construction wages after 6 years of college?
Your foreign H1-B replacement earns 1/10 th your salary.