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It's a nice sentiment, but tech is very far from any sort of meritocracy. Falsely believing that it is a meritocracy can do more harm than good. I'm not trying
by amackera 9y ago
It's a nice sentiment, but tech is very far from any sort of meritocracy. Falsely believing that it is a meritocracy can do more harm than good.
I'm not trying to be negative towards your experience --- I'm glad you have a happy perception of the industry --- I just want to reinforce how important it is for us to improve diversity in all its forms before we start congratulating ourselves.
- xxSparkleSxx 9y agoWhich industries do you think are MORE meritocratic than tech? Tech's not perfect, but I think they do it better than most (all?).
- owebmaster 9y agoSports? Music?
- yellowapple 9y agoI'm not really sure if music is all that meritocratic. In some circles, sure, but the mainstream seems to be dominated by pretty faces propped up by major labels. This does seem to be changing for the better thanks to the Internet, but there's still a very long way to go.
- owebmaster 9y ago> I'm not really sure if music is all that meritocratic. One thing for sure is that no industry in the world is all that meritocratic. But Music and Sports (even with the mainstream whitewash) for sure has a better social and racial distribution than any other industry I can think of.
- seppin 9y ago> Which industries do you think are MORE meritocratic than tech? None of them are, but tech isn't any better.
- jonas21 9y agoYou're saying all industries are equally meritocratic? That seems hard to believe.
- vonmoltke 9y agoIs it hard to believe that no industry is very meritocratic at all?
- stickfigure 9y agoSure - any industry that employs only True Scotsmen.
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- seppin 9y agono, i'm saying none of them are particularly so, and none stands out as much more so than any other.
- gitlabuser 9y agoProfessional sports are much more meritocratic than the tech industry.
- fav_collector 9y agoGetting a job is mostly meritocratic. 1. Many companies have a low interview bar. Anyone with a CS BS degree can get an interview at at least a few good companies. If not, you can spend time creating interesting Github projects to boost your chances. 2. Your performance in the interview usually depends on the amount of time you spend studying algorithms. 3. Most knowledge and skills in the industry can be found one click away. General software engineering jobs are self-learnable as long as you have an internet service and a web browsing device.
- rectang 9y agoThat assessment leaves out the time and resources necessary to sustain yourself while you build knowledge and an open source portfolio. Additionally, networking plays a huge role in who hears about a job opportunity, who gets interviewed and who gets hired.