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It is ridiculously embarrassing that in 2010 when a tech person talks about "diversity" they mean "we should hire more women". Women are the majority of the pop
by seldo 17y ago
It is ridiculously embarrassing that in 2010 when a tech person talks about "diversity" they mean "we should hire more women". Women are the majority of the population! And yet here we are.
- eries 17y agoI couldn't agree more.
- GFischer 17y agoHowever, for the hiring age most start-ups are considering, there are more men than women, not taking into account education or other factors (Between 1990 and 2000, the male population grew slightly faster than the female population). Women are only the majority of the population (in the US) because they live longer. Immigrants with tech backgrounds tend to be mostly males, too (and probably immigrants period). (some data taken from http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/people/a_gender.html http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/people/a_gender.html . More data I didn't look into here: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/women02.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/women02.html )
- gacba 17y agoIt was embarrassing back in 1990 when I was in engineering school ("we need more female engineering students!"). What's really embarrassing is that we're still having the same debates 20 years later.