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> the current representation of senior female engineers both at Facebook and across the industry is nowhere near where it needs to be. So is the story really t
by Toenex 9y ago
> the current representation of senior female engineers both at Facebook and across the industry is nowhere near where it needs to be.
So is the story really that the n is too small for this story?
- striking 9y agoNo, the issue with the article is that its author didn't take into account (as someone claiming to be from Facebook said in a different thread) "skill level" when making their comparisons. (This claim aligns with the statement in the blockquote at the bottom of the article.) Maybe on average women get less code into the code base, but it's unfair to everyone if you don't remove the influence that seniority has on your dataset before pointing at gender. Women face many problems in this industry as it is. If I could, I'd ask The Verge not to make up any new ones.