[mightymoo]

Looking for computer mamas! Have you or do you work in a computer science related field? Do you have a CS degree? Come join my tribe!

I have a BSCS and I worked as a developer then a program manager at a big software company until after I had my daughter. When she was about 9 months old, I decided to stay home with her. I'm looking ahead to going back to work in a few years and I'm worried about my experience becoming outdated.

I just thought it might be fun to link up with others mothers with careers in the same field.

 

[techno_dara]

I have a BS in Computer Engineering. I too work as a developer. I don't work with many other women, so it's nice to see/hear/read of others in my field. Unlike you though, I did go back to work after the having baby. My DH stays home with our girls though.

 

[mightymoo]

I really miss working honestly. I'm going crazy at home with these kids! I did go back after my maternity leave but when DD was about 9 months old I decided to quit. I just hated that my daughter was being raised by the daycare. It also did make our cross-country move easier, only DH had to find a job (he also is a computer person - a qa manager). But now I'm going crazy at home with my kids - its just so less intellectually stimulating than working was.

So I'm thinking more and more about getting back into the workforce, but with DH with a 90 minute commute I can't even conceive of how we'd manage the two (maybe three) kids in daycare and two jobs. So I'm currently trying to figure out a four year plan for going back to work when the youngest (hopefully already on the way) is old enough to go to montessori school full time.

 

[julieanne]

Any chance your DH might like to take a turn as the stay at home parent? I've got a BSCS. I've worked as a developer in the past and am now working primarily as a service manager for a MovableType service and a Streaming Media service for the Educational Technologies department at a university. It's great being in EdTech because the gender balance is a lot more...well, balanced

than at a lot of places. Our first is due in February, and I will be going back to work after my maternity leave, but my partner will be home with the razz. I would love it if both of us could stay home, but I realize that's getting pretty greedy. I'm so grateful that we can get by on one income so that daycare won't be an issue; and that universities have such great sick leave and vacation packages!

 

[mightymoo]

Well, I don't see that happening, partially because he would be more frustrated than me, and partially because he makes more than I could (he did 2.5 years ago when we were working for the same company) and right now we can't afford a paycut, we are treading water as it is. My current plan is to get my MBA part time - I should be done around the time my kids are ready to be in school all day and then rather than being someone who hasn't worked for 6 years, I'll be a new MBA graduate with a BSCS and industry experience. At least we can hope

ETC - we worked for the same COMPANY, not family! Or were we programmers for the mob?

 

[julieanne]

Yeah, the new MBA could help a lot on that front! And it will give you a chance for a preview of that adult interraction and intellectual stimulation you've been missing. Sounds like a great plan!

 

[mightymoo]

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Originally Posted by julieanne Yeah, the new MBA could help a lot on that front! And it will give you a chance for a preview of that adult interraction and intellectual stimulation you've been missing. Sounds like a great plan!

Exactly - I need something that is non-kids that I can accomplish and doesn't get undone right after I do it. However, we are planning baby #3, so I'm thinking it probably won't work to start in January and have a newborn during the final

So I'm thinking September 2007.