[dalke]

When you say "the problem", do you mean the OP's problem? Or the problem you have with the ACM or IEEE? Or the problem with CS as a career? Because I thought we were talking about the OP's problem.

You know, people can have an entirely good life without having to climb a career ladder. Going back a tech-generation, and thinking of a friend, after you work at NeXT and AutoCAD, you go to a small plastics manufacturing company and with team of two others, manage their IT systems. It pays well, has good benefits, is 10 minutes commute, has diverse challenges, and he loves that they make actual physical things. What's wrong with that?

Also, http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2015/0505/Google-sends-i... : "In an effort to assist in Silicon Valley's diversity problem, Google has sent some of its engineers to historically black colleges to shake up the system."

As far as I know, Google has not yet sent anyone to the Moon.