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There are hiring managers out there who won't hire a female developer because they're just outright sexist. Do these people actually really exist in 2015, and
by bshimmin 11y ago
There are hiring managers out there who won't hire a female developer because they're just outright sexist.
Do these people actually really exist in 2015, and are there organisations that would allow them to behave like that? I've known quite a few hiring managers, and some of them have definitely made stupid comments about "how nice it'd be to have a hot girl on the team" (though equally they might also make stupid comments about hiring graduates - of either gender - to make cups of tea), but none of them, to my knowledge, would ever have not picked a female candidate who was technically up to the task purely because she was a woman.
Have I just led a sheltered existence?
(I guess I'm talking here about SMEs and larger companies; I suppose if you're a tiny company run by a couple of sexist pigs, then any kind of behaviour is allowed to stand.)
- azima 11y agoIt wouldnt be tolerated if it was spoken outright. Unfortunately its pretty easy for a hiring manager to dismiss someone officially because of something on her resume or in the interview officially, while being sexist or racist, or just having embedded biases in their head. Ive heard it often enough.
- onion2k 11y agoAnecdotally, yes I've met people who won't hire a woman. Reasons vary from an assumption that they won't be as capable because they have interests outside of coding, a belief that other developers won't be as productive if there's a woman on the team because they'll be distracted, or that they won't want to be a part of the company long term because they'll want to leave to have a family.