so, this is my ninth year in technology, and it feels like i'm on a precipice, y'all
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in 2008, HBR commissioned a study called the Athena Factor, and the tl;dr is that 41% of women leave tech after 10 years
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they also talk about how "the mid-career point is the most dangerous time for women," because our careers start to stall out
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(more in this fire op-ed in the LA times authored by Sue Gardner):http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gardner-women-in-tech-20141207-story.html …
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I feel a real sense of obligation tho, to be who I needed when I was younger, to try and light the way, nah mean?
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don't get me wrong, I'm stubborn and proud (shoutout to being my father's daughter)
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so, pals who are different at all in tech - what keeps you here? what keeps you excited and interested in an industry that doesn't want you?
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it paid for my surgery, it still pays better than the alternatives, and no place else will want me any more than tech does.
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