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I'm sure all the gender studies classes has helped the vast majority of tech students become better developers

• s73ver_ 9y ago
  Given all the stuff that's happening lately with people like Susan Fowler, a whole lot of developers could have benefitted from more of those. Of course, that's completely ignoring that there is far, far, far more to "liberal arts" than gender studies.
  • hobofan 9y ago
    I think it's more the people around them that would have benefitted from it.
    • s73ver_ 9y ago
      That too. Everyone would benefit!
  • Klockan 9y ago
    Diversity training doesn't work though and it often makes things worse. https://hbr.org/2012/03/diversity-training-doesnt-work https://hbr.org/2012/03/diversity-training-doesnt-work
    • somebehemoth 9y ago
      You will need more citations to prove that point. Same publication, more recently published, "Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Work". "For one, a recent meta-analysis of over 40 years of diversity training evaluations showed that diversity training can work, especially when it targets awareness and skill development and occurs over a significant period of time." https://hbr.org/2017/07/two-types-of-diversity-training-that-really-work https://hbr.org/2017/07/two-types-of-diversity-training-that...