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on face value you can't argue with your logic but if you want to play the long game and help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all

on face value you can't argue with your logic but if you want to play the long game and help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all demographics than this is a very smart move. and more people included in your sample, more chance of finding amazing A++ engineers that can help the industry, your dev platform, etc...

julianmarq 9y ago
> and more people included in your sample, more chance of finding amazing A++ engineers that can help the industry, your dev platform, etc... Wasn't everyone included in the sample? Did they reject any paper based on how the sender looked like? > on face value you can't argue with your logic but if you want to play the long game and help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all demographics than this is a very smart move. The way to play the long game in this is precisely accepting applications from anywhere, anything different is detrimental. So no, not a smart move.
naasking 9y ago
> help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all demographics than this is a very smart move I doubt it. Now people are just going to think it's a waste of time trying to submit to this conference, and so lower quality material will be presented, and those in attendance aren't going to be as impressed and may not return. It's frankly a great way to to ensure you only ever hold one conference.
panzer_wyrm 9y ago
And what do you do if you want the best, no matter how the demographic dices roll? Come on. What github is doing is both screwing up the competent women and the competent men this way. By throwing a diversity bone after a blind audition you actually rob any future woman of the feeling that she earned her place there and was not gifted to her. This year men are the best election developers. Next - there may be one or two. That would have been thought of and perceived as equal. Now it is over. Forever and ever.
nathanasmith 9y ago
>and more people included in your sample, more chance of finding amazing A++ engineers that can help the industry, your dev platform, etc... Well, whatever. Myself, I was just about to look into Electron having heard so much about it lately. But if this is how they run things, I think I'll just look elsewhere to satisfy my cross-platform development curiosities.

julianmarq 9y ago

> and more people included in your sample, more chance of finding amazing A++ engineers that can help the industry, your dev platform, etc... Wasn't everyone included in the sample? Did they reject any paper based on how the sender looked like? > on face value you can't argue with your logic but if you want to play the long game and help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all demographics than this is a very smart move. The way to play the long game in this is precisely accepting applications from anywhere, anything different is detrimental. So no, not a smart move.

naasking 9y ago

> help create and contribute to an industry that includes people from all demographics than this is a very smart move I doubt it. Now people are just going to think it's a waste of time trying to submit to this conference, and so lower quality material will be presented, and those in attendance aren't going to be as impressed and may not return. It's frankly a great way to to ensure you only ever hold one conference.

panzer_wyrm 9y ago

And what do you do if you want the best, no matter how the demographic dices roll? Come on. What github is doing is both screwing up the competent women and the competent men this way. By throwing a diversity bone after a blind audition you actually rob any future woman of the feeling that she earned her place there and was not gifted to her. This year men are the best election developers. Next - there may be one or two. That would have been thought of and perceived as equal. Now it is over. Forever and ever.

nathanasmith 9y ago

>and more people included in your sample, more chance of finding amazing A++ engineers that can help the industry, your dev platform, etc... Well, whatever. Myself, I was just about to look into Electron having heard so much about it lately. But if this is how they run things, I think I'll just look elsewhere to satisfy my cross-platform development curiosities.