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Well, I'll give you an example. It's popular among computer nerds to dismiss other peoples' ideas. They might do something like attack someone's ideas with int
by cynicalkane 10y ago
Well, I'll give you an example.
It's popular among computer nerds to dismiss other peoples' ideas. They might do something like attack someone's ideas with intentional misunderstanding, lazy thinking, and facetious reasoning. In short, they do not show the bare minimum of consideration for others' ideas, instead looking first for avenues of attack. Having ignored and attacked the other person, they then claim no disrespect was meant. They might say something like "I don't know why you find this disrespectful. Could you clarify?"
It does not occur to them that being able to attack peoples' ideas in this pompous way is actually a position of privilege. Anyone can do it, but people born a step ahead are more likely to not reflect on their position, or even feel entitled to it.
In my experience, women and people from disadvantaged backgrounds--people who were not praised to the moon for writing "Hello World" in eighth grade--are less likely to behave in this way.
This is self-evidently an enormous advantage on engineering teams.
Usual disclaimer: personal experience, your mileage may vary, this is just one example, privileged backgrounds have advantages too, yada yada yada.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoI did not attack you or ignore you. I directly addressed one of your arguments and attempted to determine whether the other argument is your "true rejection" [1]. On the contrary, the only person ignoring the other's points and making anything close to an attack is you. You've accused me of being disrespectful, called me lazy and accused me of intentional misunderstanding, while simultaneously NOT addressing any of my core arguments. Quite entertaining, I must admit. [1] Specifically, I think even if that argument could be proven false, it would not change your conclusion at all. So bringing it up is merely a distraction. See also: http://lesswrong.com/lw/wj/is_that_your_true_rejection/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/wj/is_that_your_true_rejection/
- cynicalkane 10y agoThe question was if diversity is valuable in engineering. I gave a specific example of a specific kind of diversity that is valuable to engineering teams. If you're interested in Google's data, they make an excellent search engine that you can use to find that kind of stuff. I encourage you to do your own research, in part because I think I've done enough work leading you to the proverbial water.