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>>"Yeah, women get driven out of tech in droves."

True, over 40% of women leave SET (science, engineering, technology, math) mid-career (https://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/womenint... page 9).

Interestingly, in engineering 39% leave mid-career, and in technology occupations 56%.

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>True, over 40% of women leave SET (science, engineering, technology, math) mid-career //

How does that compare to other fields?

Not sure about the data for other fields. But if you compare to men, in SET, only ~17% of men leave mid-career.

The big elephant in the room is pregnancy and children. I've thought about having children, and leaving my career very intensely, but pushed it back after seeing the related costs.

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