My family didn't support me become a dev. In fact, they sent my brother to a programming course and me to play tennis (gender tracking at its finest). Luckily, both me and my brother didn't give up our true calling. Today, I'm a developer and he is a gym instructor/personal trainer.

Sorry to hear that, but at least the story had a happy ending

Great that you're both now doing what you love, and in retrospect almost amusing that your parents had you completely backwards!

Glad to hear that one of you actually has a job and gets paid :D

@AlmondSauce By the number of guys in the industry that have 0 passion for engineering, and just count the seconds until 17:00, a lot of parents pressured their boys into shit they didn't want to do.

@NickyBones I think a lot have ended up doing it based on "I wanna be cool 1337 haxxor" and then decided the money was too good to stop. But yes, I agree - the contrary works also, I've not yet found a woman in the industry who wasn't very good at what she did.

@AlmondSauce The other cases are soviet/Asian education of "You can choose between becoming a lawyer, doctor or an engineer. Any other profession is a disgrace to the family." - Some guys think engineering is the lesser evil :)
I met one women engineer who was a fraud, but yes, in general, most women engineers really like what they do.

So it was backwards..

@NickyBones Most likely because it's hard to go against the gender stereotypes like that if you are not passionate about the subject