ragenaut

Is there a certain rebellious element in the sea org? Do people who feel that way tend to congregate and attempt any form of resistance? I assume the church is pretty good at rooting out and cutting off that kind of dissent, especially with all of the in-built reporting methods for kids to tell on other kids. At the same time, given the nature of teenagers forced under authoritarian rule sets, I have to imagine groups find ways to meet up in the night or even develop coded language.

Did you ever see anything like this?

For example, if 20% of engineering grads in your area are female, but only 5% of your job candidates are female, there's something filtering out women.

Can you either explain this in detail, or link me to literature that supports this? It seems like you're drawing a conclusion about two hypothetical data points and leaving out a lot of steps in between. If I owned a business that hires engineers, I wouldn't expect the demographic percentages of my applicants to perfectly mirror the demographic percentages of graduates in the area, nor would I expect these two numbers to even closely align.

Pointing out a disparity between the percentage of female graduates and female applicants completely ignores factors like: graduates from out of town moving back, graduates just generally moving somewhere else after they graduate, graduates who already have jobs lined up, graduates who stay in school or move to a different or adjacent field or otherwise don't seek an engineering career immediately, applicants from out of town applying, and, most importantly- why would I expect every female graduate to apply to my company? Assuming i'm in a decently populated area, there are likely several different industries, and several different firms that would all have positions for engineers. I live in the LA area, and between LA, OC, Riverside, San Berno, San Diego, etc. there are a million different companies from small boutique firms to massive corporations, and a wide variety of industries from military to entertainment who would all hire engineers for various positions.

It seems insane to expect all 20% of the female engineering graduates to apply to my position, and likewise insane to even expect that number to come close. I would expect it to vary widely both up and down, totally independent of the graduate statistic.

I have that I have to say this, but I do mean all this genuinely. Not trying to throw gas on some stupid political fire. I'm willing to listen to why my assumptions here are totally off base.

As a 29 year old living in Los Angeles and making 67k per year, I still live at home because rent is so high that I fear not being able to save for a home, as well as being stuck with a lease in the case that I lose my job.

What ideally un-biased resources exist to help me better educate myself on the issues present in the midterms, as well as what to be mindful of as I eventually seek a home to rent, and then a home to buy?