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In a country where people move an average of 11.7 [1] times in their lives, do your really believe who gets hired has nothing to do with the demographics? [1]

In a country where people move an average of 11.7 [1] times in their lives, do your really believe who gets hired has nothing to do with the demographics? [1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-many-times-the-average-person-moves/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-many-times-the-avera...

malandrew 10y ago
Number of times someone moves is irrelevant. How far did they move? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-f... http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stays-put-wheres-home/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stay... https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-07.pdf https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-07.pdf Native-born Californians form a relatively small percentage of the city's population: only 37.7% of its residents were born in California, while 25.2% were born in a different U.S. state. More than a third of city residents (35.6%) were born outside the United States.[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco Plenty of international diversity at 35.6% of residents born abroad, but a meager 25.2% of San Francisco residents are from a different US state. Simply put, San Francisco is not representative of the US. There are also commuters, but I would be surprised if the demographics of the 265,000 people that commute to San Francisco daily are that much different from the demographics of who lives here. Insofar as people working in tech in San Francisco are concerned is concerned, my experience shows that only San Francisco county, San Mateo county and Alameda county are relevant. I've met many people from those other Bay Area counties, but very few tech workers from those counties. Those two other counties have similar demographics.

malandrew 10y ago

Number of times someone moves is irrelevant. How far did they move? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-f... http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stays-put-wheres-home/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stay... https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-07.pdf https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-07.pdf Native-born Californians form a relatively small percentage of the city's population: only 37.7% of its residents were born in California, while 25.2% were born in a different U.S. state. More than a third of city residents (35.6%) were born outside the United States.[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco Plenty of international diversity at 35.6% of residents born abroad, but a meager 25.2% of San Francisco residents are from a different US state. Simply put, San Francisco is not representative of the US. There are also commuters, but I would be surprised if the demographics of the 265,000 people that commute to San Francisco daily are that much different from the demographics of who lives here. Insofar as people working in tech in San Francisco are concerned is concerned, my experience shows that only San Francisco county, San Mateo county and Alameda county are relevant. I've met many people from those other Bay Area counties, but very few tech workers from those counties. Those two other counties have similar demographics.