Oy.
Median individual income at age 34 $71,500
...for men $85,000
...for women $58,800
Right but that still ignores the discussion of why women aren't going into big 4 firms/banks, if in fact that's part of the reason for the wage gap. Is it a structural issue, is it just random distribution, etc.?
What percentage of working years by age 34 do men generally have relative to women at the same age? Another way to ask the question, how many years of work experience (and then as a percentage) do women miss out on by the time they're age 34 due to having children that men don't miss out on?
There's a solid amount of research that, although somewhat counter-intuitive, the gender wage gap can be decreased by more liberal parental (note: not maternal) leave policies across the board.
Palma: oh you're an engineer? Do you design train engines or bridges?
I just live in the 21st century where computer engineering happens to be both highly prevalent and lucrative.
CAREER OPTIONS FOR BACHELOR DEGREE GRADS
Some of the fields an undergraduate engineering student can choose from are:
•Architecture
•Civil Engineering
•Industrial Engineering
•Chemical Engineering
•Electrical Engineering
•Mechanical Engineering
•Computer Science
Not sure where'd I'd be if the great Todd McFall had not taken me under his wing and not gotten offended when I never came to class but dropped truth bombs when I did. Probs an underemployed philosophy major or lawyer zombie with 200k in debt.
And then peeps are like oooo I love Spanish and Salamanca changed my life! Wait, being 85% fluent in Spanish is not a marketable primary career skill?
Yes! McFall was great.
...but I still went to Salamanca, became a spanish major, haven't used my spanish, am no longer fluent, etc. Somehow I still managed to be a female making male pay (apparently), so at least I've got that going for me. Probably that PSF masters degree I picked up.
Should have been a poly sci major! Sad!
I thought they only offered that at BYU.
The good news is that English majors and Tribble types overtake engineering salaries on average after fifteen or so years out of school. Takes 'em longer to find a field and advance, but then they own the world.
"Typesofengineering.com"
I guess I'll take the l. Software, systems, and other computer engineers are not in fact engineers.
Should have been a poly sci major! Sad!
And then peeps are like oooo I love Spanish and Salamanca changed my life! Wait, being 85% fluent in Spanish is not a marketable primary career skill?
Yes! McFall was great.
...but I still went to Salamanca, became a spanish major, haven't used my spanish, am no longer fluent, etc. Somehow I still managed to be a female making male pay (apparently), so at least I've got that going for me. Probably that PSF masters degree I picked up.
Should have been a poly sci major! Sad!
lol I was a Spanish/polo sci double