Women Who Code (YC S16) helps female engineers level up in their careers
<i>Women who are halfway into their careers in tech are leaving at a rate of 56%, which is more than double the quit rate of men. One reason for the high quit rate may be that women have a much lower chance of being promoted, even when they have the same amount of experience and tenure as their male peers, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.</i><p>So around the time a lot of people have kids? They probably discover that you need to make a LOT of money to pay for daycare per kid, and at 2+ you might as well just stay home.<p>I&#x27;m going to go out and a limb here and say that solid support for working moms would be one of the more effective strategies for long-term careers for women. I also can&#x27;t imagine that it&#x27;s that easy getting back into a tech career after 8 years of being a state-at-home mom (which is about 2-3 kids, with the youngest finally in kindergarten), looking for to work for a specific 6 hours per day on school days.<p>Maybe SF is different, though. I&#x27;m not there.