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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ho many people that you think mommy-tracked would have actually ended up in senior exec type positions, though, really? Very few.[/quote]

Correct, I would skip having kids, skip marriage, work 14 hours a day and still not even make director.[/quote]

This. I haven't even broken six figures in my field yet (expect to just barely in 2023). If I hadn't made compromises for my family, I would have been able to take jobs anywhere in the country and might be in a much more prestigious role...but my income probably wouldn't be that much higher, because the cultural sector doesn't pay. So for me, "mommy tracking" meant taking jobs where we could live in the same place, and had good enough pay and benefits that I could provide financial security while my partner took risks, instead of both of us taking the risks and coming together in a "more perfect" situation later. We have friends who did that, and I do envy their lives, but we also have friends who still live in different cities and have not been able to have kids.

Anyway, I think this discussion fails to recognize that most people don't become leaders of their organizations or even make UMC incomes, and so it's maybe an unrealistic default. [/quote]

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