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Comment by pmoriarty | Hacker News Reader

This reminds me of the recent report which found that "90% of nurses considering leaving the profession in the next year"[1][2]

The professions are related in that both nurses and teachers tend to be overworked and exposed to health risks (especially during the pandemic).

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31180646

[2] - https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/report-90-nurses-consi...

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And also traditionally female-dominated. At a base, cultural level, our society has a very real problem with seeing female-majority professions as actual professions.

Veterinarian?

I mean, yes, a lot of "low status" jobs are dominated by women, and this is an unfortunate pattern, but I don't think the gender is driving the status, or the attrition problems?

Or really a problem with seeing women as anything but either ungrateful servants or caring mommies. In another female-designated profession, library science, men actually run into something called the "glass floor" where they find it difficult to stay a librarian because the institutions they work for keep trying to promote them into management or administration.

In both nursing and teaching I wonder where people will go, assuming they can't afford to take a big drop in income. I looked at that 90% and am very doubtful many will follow through.

> doubtful many will follow through

Yeah, it's perhaps a decent way to measure sentiment but not at all likely to be reliable to predict actions. You can "consider leaving" your profession in the next year for 30 years straight. If there are no attractive alternatives, you're just not gonna do it.

Can't speak for nursing - but I have interviewed a few teachers looking for a career change. Get a certification in scrum manager, project manager then apply...Certainly have overlapping skill sets.

Yes that's a good example. Thanks

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