[luckystarmom]

I was a software engineer. I love sci Fi. I’m very good at math. I was originally a chemical engineering major. I really like chemistry, but I had an internship at an oil and gas company. I hated going out in the field. I loved playing with their computer and working on spreadsheets (back in the early 80s).

I switched my major, and hot a job in Silicon Valley. I worked for about 10 years before I quit to raise kids.

I didn’t have the option to work remotely or part-time.

[alexander_busek]

I was a software engineer. I love sci Fi. I’m very good at math. I was originally a chemical engineering major. I really like chemistry, but I had an internship at an oil and gas company. I hated going out in the field. I loved playing with their computer and working on spreadsheets (back in the early 80s).

And your point is...?

That you were an anomaly?

Were you one of the few pretty girls sitting in your chemical engineering classes? Or one of the many?

Come on, luckystarmom! You were in the trenches! You are the star witness? What was your overall impression, as it relates to the topic of this article (sex-differences)?

Were there noticeable differences in the proportion of male vs. female classmates in your STEM field? Did the women appear to show less aptitude and/or interest? Did they drop out and get married in greater numbers? Did they earn their degrees, but then settle for a domestic role or a job in a "more-feminine" field?

Regards,

[unclebankster]

I was a software engineer. I love sci Fi. I’m very good at math. I was originally a chemical engineering major. I really like chemistry, but I had an internship at an oil and gas company. I hated going out in the field. I loved playing with their computer and working on spreadsheets (back in the early 80s).

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As a manufacturer this is an increasingly visible problem.

Some local manufacturers that I associate with, over the last decade have been putting machinery & time into local education to increase interest & opportunity in manufacturing.

So far, the office with the computer is the magnet, while the shop with machinery is the repellent. Kids want office work just like adults.

Many people don’t like being out in the field, it’s a general trend.

[metmom]

Likewise here.

Got my degree in meteorology, my best friend is a computer/math major, my daughters both physics majors, excelled in math, and are doing well in STEM fields.

Thanks Saxon Math.

[ABN 505]

Like Chemistry ?Hmmmm , ever consider breaking bad?