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Yes, software companies hire more white men than they should, given how many people are white men. The key question is whether companies are hiring more white m
by ThrustVectoring 9y ago
Yes, software companies hire more white men than they should, given how many people are white men. The key question is whether companies are hiring more white men than they should, given the candidates available for hire. I don't think it's appropriate to use evidence about the first to make decisions about the second - a company's moral responsibility for playing fair largely stops at the boundaries of their org chart.
- EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago>The key question is whether companies are hiring more white men than they should, given the candidates available for hire. There's another question then of why are there only white men available for hire?
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoI have zero opposition for efforts to educate and train women and minorities. I want the actual problem to be fixed, not just used as an excuse to advance one group's interests at the expense of another in zero-sum games.
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