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Surely it makes sense, like everything else in these comments! If societal bias filters only high-performing women into tech, then the company that managed to s
by return0 10y ago
Surely it makes sense, like everything else in these comments! If societal bias filters only high-performing women into tech, then the company that managed to snatch all the females would surely have an advantage versus all the rest. But let's not stop there with this rabbit hole: if indeed hiring bias is the cause that women rise faster in tech, and we want women to reach the highest echelons of tech industries, then logic dictates that we should keep discriminating with equal vigor, or else women will stop rising the ranks, leaving the goal unfinished. Oh, and by the way we could apply this wise reasoning to any kind of group that is disadvantaged in tech, say, the blind, the latinos, the blacks, those under 6 years old etc. They should all be rising higher in the ranks, so that soon all senior positions are filled by minority groups, leaving the "averages" in the lower ranks. simple logic.
- mcv 10y agoIf a company is more eager to hire women, they'd probably end up hiring more average women, and the difference between men and women would go away. Also, there are still plenty of above average men. The smartest company would hire the best men and women, not hire just women, on the assumption that women are better than men, because that assumption would end up defeating itself. Though if a company only hire people who already established themselves at other companies, and hire them blindly, only knowing their gender and nothing about their performance, I suppose hiring women would be the better bet.