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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 50 years old (for the context).  I was always good at math, so 30+ years ago when I was making my choices, everyone urged me to go into CS.

One very wise woman who was in CS and was in her 40s at the time steered me a different way.  She told me that the key to a good life work-wise is to pick a job with relatively high barriers to entry and, especially for a woman, where your age adds to your value.  Basically something where you can't mint a bunch of qualified people in a couple of years, and where what you knew 10 years ago is beneficial to your work.  CS is failing spectacularly on both counts.

I became an actuary.  This will not work for your daughter since she doesn't want additional study, but I seriously urge her to consider what my mentor said.[/quote]

I'm 51 years old.  
[b]CS was high barrier field for woman at the time,[/b] and still is for many people.  
It's hard to even get into the major these days.

I'm a database developer/engineer highly respected in the field making close to $200K
Working from home full time.

Different people have different perspectives.

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PP.  It was absolutely not.  In the mid- to late 1990s, you would be hired on the spot if you had anything to do with programming.  People went to 4 months for profit schools and emerged with job offers.   All my friends who graduated with degrees in CS had employers fighting for them.   [/quote]

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