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Ask Slashdot: Getting My Wife Back Into Programming After Long Maternity Leave?

Posted by Soulskill on from the back-in-the-saddle dept.

An anonymous reader writes: My wife has been on a maternity leave for three years, now. She is starting to think about refreshing her coding skills and looking for a job. Before, she worked as a Java developer for around two years doing mostly Java Enterprise stuff. However, she is not very eager to go back to coding. I think she has the right mental skills to be a developer, but she is just not very passionate about coding or IT in general. On the other hand, it's relatively easier to find a job in IT than starting a new career.

We live in Spain, and with the current economic situation, the market for software developers is not great — but it's definitely better than other jobs. I there anything else she might do, ideally Java (but could be anything IT related) that would be easier and more fun than the typical Java Enterprise stuff, while also giving her a good change to find a decent job? (I'm a Java developer myself with many years of experience but mostly doing boring Java Enterprise stuff.)

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  1. Re:Why force her to do something she doesn't want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because OP doesn't want to be sole provider for his dependent child AND a dependent wife, when one of the two is perfectly capable of contributing? The dim view on this is that by sharing his DNA, OP has relegated himself to the status of walking wallet until the child reaches the age of majority. Potentially much longer if alimony is still a thing in Spain.

    Give a woman an education and she can work. Give a woman a child and she owns your ass for a minumum of 18 years. It's a raw deal.

  2. Re:Why force her to do something she doesn't want by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hence, don't get married. Ever.

    But yes, she should get off her lazy ass and go back to work.

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  3. Re:Why force her to do something she doesn't want by Sir_Eptishous · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think the maternity leave period duration is because of their location: Spain(Europe...)

    This graphic shows the breakdown by country
    As we can see, Americans prefer a social darwinism form of maternity leave.

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