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Apple seems to have pretty decent numbers compared to the rest of the field. Any insight into how they accomplished that?

• matt4077 10y ago
  Actual support for diversity from the very top since day 1 (I'm not sure if it isn't apocryphal, but the original logo of a bitten apple in rainbow colors is supposedly a reference to Alan Turing, who wasn't just the most influential computer scientist, significant figure in winning WW2, but also killed by the anti-gay inquisition of his time that drove him to kill himself with a poisoned apple). Also: you are asking about Apple because it's one of the most prominent companies in the field. It's prominent because it's successful. It's successful because it creates excellent products. Excellent products are created by excellent people. Biases in hiring are detrimental to hiring, and a divers team will (all other things being equal) be better – especially in terms of creativity.
• jasonmp85 10y ago
  The cynic in me says "by getting people to report as 'other/unreported' the first year, then telling them to honestly report races in subsequent years". It's not a scalable strategy, but it makes you look good for the first year.
• edblarney 10y ago
  Apple also has a massive retail staff and retail organization, and especially the former group makes it considerably easier to show 'numbers' that are more 'diverse'. As far as their high-tech and HQ staff, I don't see any reason to believe that they are materially different from Google or Facebook.
  • matt4077 10y ago
    The sector-by-sector statistics are at https://www.apple.com/diversity/ https://www.apple.com/diversity/ – scroll down or search for "Data from the last three years"
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