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This comment is mind-numbingly anecdotal and runs wildly contrary to reality. '"Happiness" at Mt Holyoke' - here's the list of majors at Mt Holyoke: https://ww

by nicklo 10y ago

This comment is mind-numbingly anecdotal and runs wildly contrary to reality. '"Happiness" at Mt Holyoke' - here's the list of majors at Mt Holyoke: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/majors https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/majors. 'Happiness' appears nowhere on the list. "bunch of women who didn't even go to college" - females outnumber men in college 55/45. Beyond the blatant disregard for facts, the comment is dangerously reductionist, attributing the diversity gap to a single cause- a lack of encouragement for females to pursue technical fields at a young age. Yes, this is part of the problem, but no matter how much the talent pool increases, women are going to continue to leave tech at alarming rates until tech culture issues are improved as well.

seattle_spring 10y ago
> '"Happiness" at Mt Holyoke' - here's the list of majors at Mt Holyoke Congratulations, you can Google! Maybe if you exercise that talent a little bit more, you'll realize that My Holyoke, not unlike the infamous Evergreen College, allows students to design their own major. > the comment is dangerously reductionist, attributing the diversity gap to a single cause- a lack of encouragement for females to pursue technical fields at a young age. How is that any different than the OP suggesting that hostile work environments are the single cause of poor diversity?
- achompas 10y ago
  > How is that any different than the OP suggesting that hostile work environments are the single cause of poor diversity? I'm baffled by how this could possibly be your impression of the article. The WSJ is reporting on a recruiting push that failed to hire minorities and women. It's the only thing they talk about for the first five paragraphs, then they immediately reference the pipeline problem (emphasis mine): > The move shows how Facebook is applying its trademark data-driven approach to one of the tech industry’s most stubborn problems: the homogeneity of its nearly 15,000-person workforce. But its lackluster results reflect the limits of that method when tackling deep-rooted issues such as inequality. The article raises the pipeline problem again in multiple places: > Facebook says it wants its workforce to better reflect the diversity of its 1.7 billion monthly users—85% of which are outside the U.S. and Canada. But last month, it said it couldn’t substantially increase the diversity of its workforce because there weren’t enough qualified women or minority candidates. That drew fire from tech diversity and inclusion leaders on social media. > The extra incentive points—awarded in job categories that are too homogenous—are an unusual effort to expand Facebook’s “pipeline,” which is the pool of candidates recruiters identify to interview for a position.

by nicklo 10y ago

seattle_spring 10y ago

> '"Happiness" at Mt Holyoke' - here's the list of majors at Mt Holyoke Congratulations, you can Google! Maybe if you exercise that talent a little bit more, you'll realize that My Holyoke, not unlike the infamous Evergreen College, allows students to design their own major. > the comment is dangerously reductionist, attributing the diversity gap to a single cause- a lack of encouragement for females to pursue technical fields at a young age. How is that any different than the OP suggesting that hostile work environments are the single cause of poor diversity?

achompas 10y ago
> How is that any different than the OP suggesting that hostile work environments are the single cause of poor diversity? I'm baffled by how this could possibly be your impression of the article. The WSJ is reporting on a recruiting push that failed to hire minorities and women. It's the only thing they talk about for the first five paragraphs, then they immediately reference the pipeline problem (emphasis mine): > The move shows how Facebook is applying its trademark data-driven approach to one of the tech industry’s most stubborn problems: the homogeneity of its nearly 15,000-person workforce. But its lackluster results reflect the limits of that method when tackling deep-rooted issues such as inequality. The article raises the pipeline problem again in multiple places: > Facebook says it wants its workforce to better reflect the diversity of its 1.7 billion monthly users—85% of which are outside the U.S. and Canada. But last month, it said it couldn’t substantially increase the diversity of its workforce because there weren’t enough qualified women or minority candidates. That drew fire from tech diversity and inclusion leaders on social media. > The extra incentive points—awarded in job categories that are too homogenous—are an unusual effort to expand Facebook’s “pipeline,” which is the pool of candidates recruiters identify to interview for a position.