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> You're clearly entirely unaware of the context of any of the diversity conversations that have gone on in tech in the last 5-10 tptacek is, uh, not someone t
by pnathan 9y ago
> You're clearly entirely unaware of the context of any of the diversity conversations that have gone on in tech in the last 5-10
tptacek is, uh, not someone those words apply to. He's been involved in these discussions for the last half decade on HN, one of the key industry forums. He's run part of hiring programs at a previous employer, and founded a startup oriented on improving engineering hiring.
Politely, sir, take a deep breath. You might disagree with him, but you might want to be careful with your assumptions there.
- wutbrodo 9y agoThanks for the context. I wasn't saying this just as a throwaway insult. It's just that calling something a strawman (as he does downthread) depends on confidently asserting that nobody could ever _possibly_ support such a ridiculous claim. That very much doesn't fit with the experience of many of the people here,including those of us who have worked for Google now or in the past. > Politely, sir, take a deep breath. Haha, thanks, but I'm not sure where the assumption that I'm worked up about this comes from. The only thing in my comment that approaches impoliteness is assuming that he's not familiar enough with the conversations around tech hiring at big companies, which seemed like the only plausible explanation for thinking that no one could possibly be making the argument he calls a "strawman". I'm honestly still not sure what an alternative explanation would be.