Kids love the idea of solving hard problems and doing things that haven't been done before. When I talk to kids about engineering, I don't talk about the money they can make. Donofrio noted that most men in the workplace now accept women as equals. However, there are still holdouts who cling to the idea that engineering is a boys' club, he said. Looking at it that way is probably what it will take to wake up these Neanderthals.
Many companies do a good job showing openness to all communities.
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