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It's interesting that there is a huge emphasis on the gender disparity, especially in tech, without also bringing race into the equation. When I first read the

by colmvp 10y ago

It's interesting that there is a huge emphasis on the gender disparity, especially in tech, without also bringing race into the equation. When I first read the article and headline, I first thought to myself: "Are we talking about predominantly white women? Black women? Hispanic women? Asian women?" For example, I know that Asians are generally 'over-represented' in tech yet if you look stats which compare professionals by ethnicity (https://d.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline/2015/05/3045954-inline-i-fig-3-1ascendrptmanagement-pipeline-by-racegraph.jpg https://d.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline...), Asians (both male and female) get promoted at a lower rate than white men and women (https://c.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline/2015/05/3045954-inline-i-fig4ascendrptaggregate-execparityindexbar.jpg https://c.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline...). And we could look at specific company's like Intel, Yahoo, and LinkedIn to find similar patterns, namely white people have a much higher likelihood to achieve higher executive positions compared to Asians (even when controlling for difference in company demographic composition).

JamesBarney 10y ago
It would interesting to see that data broken up by age of immigration to the country. I've worked with a large number of incredibly intelligent Asians who immigrated here in theirs 20's-40's. And they are all too smart and hard working for their positions, and it seems like the primary reason they've been held back is because of things like visa issues, lack of fluency, lack of a college/highschool/family network to draw upon, and less cultural understanding which inhibits bonding. This has meant that many of them are 1-2 promotions behind where I think they would be if they had immigrated here in middle school.

by colmvp 10y ago

JamesBarney 10y ago

It would interesting to see that data broken up by age of immigration to the country. I've worked with a large number of incredibly intelligent Asians who immigrated here in theirs 20's-40's. And they are all too smart and hard working for their positions, and it seems like the primary reason they've been held back is because of things like visa issues, lack of fluency, lack of a college/highschool/family network to draw upon, and less cultural understanding which inhibits bonding. This has meant that many of them are 1-2 promotions behind where I think they would be if they had immigrated here in middle school.