now when i read:
i wanna borrow a bit from Pindar / Nietzsche and say:
we should support / encourage people in becoming who / what they are, not steer / push them into becoming who / what we figure they oughta be.
so, should my 3 year old daughter someday find that she wants to become a programmer just like her father and her grandfather before her. I’D BE THRILLED!!!
should she want to follow in the footsteps of her mother and become a vet; GREAT!
whatever interests she will someday develop / discover, i will try to support her as best as i can / know how. ( occupation statistics etc. be damned! 
)
having said that, seams undeniable to me, that minorities are always having to fight uphill battles, so giving them an extra hand whenever possible ( ClojureBridge ) strikes me very much a commendable effort.
p.s. should you know German, u may find the following of interest:
p.p.s. some of the charts taken from the first article should be intelligible regardless of German language skillz. for example:
( informatik = computer science )