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I'm all about diversity but this push is nonsense. This issue isn't unique to Apple and goes back to the bigger issue of lack of diversity in the tech industry.
by dkonofalski 10y ago
I'm all about diversity but this push is nonsense. This issue isn't unique to Apple and goes back to the bigger issue of lack of diversity in the tech industry. It's not because people aren't hiring with diversity in mind, it's that the pool of candidates, unfortunately, isn't that diverse. They're not going to solve it by putting quotas on hiring. They're going to solve it by hiring the best people for the job and supporting initiatives that encourage and embrace diversity and I, personally, think that Apple does a good job with that and there are plenty of measures that support that assessment.
I work with groups regularly that try to get into schools and promote coding and tech for young women and I believe that programs like that will go much, much farther to fix the diversity issue than these silly hiring quotas.
- perseusprime11 10y agoAgreed. Sometimes I have seen companies hire people with serious gaps in the name of diversity. We need to approach this as an industry problem and work to figure out holistic solutions instead of shaming companies publicly.
- owebmaster 10y agoAnd I see a lot of people with great skills failing in these companies interview without a clear reason.