Jay Gischer

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December 29, 1999, on Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists:
The culture implied a promise to young students in the sciences and engineering. The promise went something like this: "Work really hard, dedicate your life for, say, ten years to your science field, and you'll be able to make a contribution to mankind. You'll be able to build something, or contribute to scientific knowledge and have a comfortable existence. You won't get rich, but you will be comfortable." The culture broke that promise. It broke a lot of other promises, too. I just read "Stiffed: the Betrayal of the American Male", by Susan Faludi. It's big, but I cried, gasped and snarled my way through it since getting it for Christmas. Let me quote Faludi's words, from an interview with Mother Jones: "What's changed in the last decade is that you can be honorable and dogged and have high standards, and the culture may just throw you in the garbage. Manhood has been so tied up with socially useful work. The kind of money being made now is not about social...