<p>aries -- although I agree in principal that engineering is a good option for females, I would have to disagree strenously with the part about easy hours. Prior to moving to Germany, we rarely saw my H. It was very common in his company and apparently most others in his field. The engineers who insisted on working "9-5" were considered to be not pulling their own weight. There were no part-time or job-sharing engineers, except the retired guy who came back as a consultant. The trend was to follow "the GE model" of squeezing every bit of life out of their workers. He remains convinced to this day that the reason none of our children have been willing to consider engineering is because they saw how hard he worked. One of the huge advantages to his current delegation in Germany is the easier hours! We dread our return to the rat race.</p>
<p>He is a mechanical engineer. Perhaps it is different in other fields.</p>