I think the low-cachet quotient society bestows on technology is the huge carcass no one wants to talk about.
It is the real answer why we cannot get enough women early on in the STEM pipeline.
It is the real answer why technology workers have not-very satisfying careers in the West.
Society treats them as lepers here. Whereas in the rest of the world they are highly esteemed members of the society.
We will still be talking about the low headcount of women in technology as long as its quite apparent that the likes of a sneaker maker like Isabel Marant or an editor like Anna Wintour are more esteemed in society than any living woman in any field that is remotely scientific or mathematical.
All the tech workers I know in the U.S. have very satisfying careers, but it depends on your metric and who you're talking to. Many of my Southeast Asian and Indian tech friends work hard to get to the U.S., and I don't see the reverse happening much.
It is the real answer why we cannot get enough women early on in the STEM pipeline.
It is the real answer why technology workers have not-very satisfying careers in the West.
Society treats them as lepers here. Whereas in the rest of the world they are highly esteemed members of the society.
We will still be talking about the low headcount of women in technology as long as its quite apparent that the likes of a sneaker maker like Isabel Marant or an editor like Anna Wintour are more esteemed in society than any living woman in any field that is remotely scientific or mathematical.