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"and whose priorities will shift wildly after she gives birth in October." Are you insinuating that she'll focus more on her family than her job?
by jaems33 14y ago
"and whose priorities will shift wildly after she gives birth in October."
Are you insinuating that she'll focus more on her family than her job?
- buffportion 14y agoFor the baby's sake, let's hope so!
- sabat 14y agoAs a parent myself, I know that the first few months of parenthood are difficult and life-changing, regardless of how many nannies one might afford.
- mbreese 14y agoSurely you're not suggesting that she will be less capable to head Yahoo after she becomes a mother? The first few weeks / months are difficult, but after she adjusts to the 'new normal' that is parenthood, she should be right on track.
- EwanG 14y agoAnd yet I have never seen anyone post their concerns when a Male CEO becomes a father. I wonder why that is...
- CamperBob2 14y agoThey should. There are indications that becoming a parent lowers testosterone levels in men. If you want to pretend, for political correctness' sake, that we're not largely slaves to our hormones, have fun with that.
- stdgy 14y agoYou'll need to offer studies establishing a causal relationship between testosterone levels and technical/business success for the difference to mean anything. For all we know lower testosterone levels may lead to a heightened business acumen.
- dscrd 14y agoIt obviously does not affect everyone in the same way, but as a generalization, I would say that becoming a parent clearly makes one a more responsible person.
- nl 14y agoI wrote some of the best, most creative code of my life in the first 6 months after my son was born. I was focused, and yet could work on multiple project simultaneously very effectively. I got hardly any sleep, so if that is "being a slave to my hormones" I'm all for it! Either way, I think it is fair to say that the effects or parenthood are very unpredictable.
- gcb 14y agoThere is just the same. But they can hide better. Find one ceo that was hired while starting a family like that, male. Either there will be none, or the wives would not have the notoriety for it to be public knowledge.