Trump signs two STEM laws aimed at boosting careers for women in technology

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Originally Posted by Rajoo

Yes and I did get heavily into Fortran programming in grad school.

BTW, I met my wife in the Fortran introductory course who at the time was a math major. She dropped out like most non-engineering & CS students and switched her major to history. Maybe I should ask her why!

I met a very attractive blonde in 86 who was an EE at TI. I remember being at a party and watching her matter-of-factly explain why there weren't more female engineers. The fun began when she finished.

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Originally Posted by Rajoo

Why does someone need a university education in physics, chemistry and math for data processing? I don't recall courses for data processing in the engineering curriculum.

I am speaking from personal experience. There were little to no women in the engineering department when I went to school here in the 70's and I have said I don't know why. You will need to ask the parents. My niece is a degree'd engineer and believe me, she is a rarity.

I didn't, I only completed the tenth grade, bumped into my home room teacher and he asked why I did not come back because I had led the class in the finals. Really simple, no money for university and few if any scholarships, so I went to work to help with family expenses. Many of my coworkers were degree'd but all I did was write their test and ace'd it.

Some years later the IEEE invited me to join as a full member, they said it was based on my contributions to the discipline.
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