[Tichy]

I think IT just gets a lot of press and coverage of people who got rich.

Computers are nice because you don't need a huge factory to start something. However, let's take an archaic example: sewing. I think you can also get rich sewing, for example by designing a popular fashion line or creating a popular brand.

I am not even sure it is easier to get rich with computers than with sewing, or if more people are getting rich with programming than with sewing.

It seems possible that by the time women have been successfully coerced into tech careers, some completely different technology will be in the limelight. I don't know what - perhaps bioengineering? Then there will be a big lament why so few women are in bioengineering.

[peterwwillis]

Curiously, most of the bio-researchers I know are women... but apparently we should get them to drop out and start writing Javascript.

(This is just one more danger of trying to push people towards a subject - you risk alienating the other subjects they would have naturally been attracted to and possibly enjoyed more)