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It's an unpopular opinion, but I'm convinced that the reason women are under represented in tech has more to do with an inherent disinterest in it, than structu
by Aloha 9y ago
It's an unpopular opinion, but I'm convinced that the reason women are under represented in tech has more to do with an inherent disinterest in it, than structural barriers to it.
We can do more/better to ensure that the women who do find their way to technology face less barriers though, ending the 'brogrammer' culture, making sure women are paid a fair and equal salary, and honestly some sensitivity training (on both sides) to help improve us geeks with poor social skills, getting rid of predatory leadership is also a required element.
I'd also suggest not framing this as "incapable", that's a gross disservice to everyone, different should never be treated as inferior - and also, there is no universality here.
- yahna 9y agoThe author also wanted to get rid of diversity programs. Those have the number of women at Google increasing. So why get rid of them? What's the failing exactly? I can really only think of 2. Inefficiency, which is possible. The program is increasing the number fo women in tech roles, so optimizing seems better than getting rid of it. Or reason number 2, it's "lowering the bar". The problem with reason number 2 is that you are implicitly stating that some number of your female coworkers don't deserve to work at google. The authors "scientific argument" also seems pretty lame to me. overall I found it slanted, incomplete, and with a heavy implication that women at google don't deserve to be there.
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