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I ain't tryin to refute the rest of this, so you don't have to worry about that but this bit.. "And why is it always engineering? Why not coal mining? Why not
by johnny22 9y ago
I ain't tryin to refute the rest of this, so you don't have to worry about that but this bit..
"And why is it always engineering? Why not coal mining? Why not nuclear engineering? Pig farming? Deep sea fishing? Plumbing? Carpentry? Why the incessant, unrelenting insistance from all corners that 50% of engineers MUST be women and no other profession?"
I've never personally advocated for 50/50 because I have no idea if it will or could ever happen, but for the rest, the answer is simple..
The tech industry is my home, it's what I know, and I feel like I have experience there. I have no experience in fishing, or coal mining, or pig farming, or any of that other stuff.
Doesn't it seem obvious that folks in tech would care about other folks in tech vs spending their time talking about industries they may or may not have experience in? It seems self-evident, so I have no idea why this point is ever brought up in this context.
- MartinCron 9y agoExactly. If I had devoted my career to a different industry that had serious diversity problems, I would be advocating for corrective actions in that industry.
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