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No, he tried to use unrelated data on the biological differences between men and women to justify why Google shouldn't try to reach out more to women to diversi
by s73v3r_ 9y ago
No, he tried to use unrelated data on the biological differences between men and women to justify why Google shouldn't try to reach out more to women to diversify their workforce.
- neveroffensive 9y agoThis is also a bit of a miss-characterization. He tried to use data on the biological difference between men and women which _may_ be unrelated to justify why Google shouldn't forcefully diversify their workforce if it dose so at the cost of hiring the best people. Edit: I don't think that either side in this debate has actually met the burden of proof necessary to conclusively say that biological differences do/don't correlate on any level.
- gowld 9y agoThe memo had a section dedicated to changing Google to make it more welcoming to women. It mentioned "pair programming" as one female-friendly culture change.
- mcguire 9y ago"We can make software engineering more people-oriented with pair programming and more collaboration. Unfortunately, there may be limits to how people-oriented certain roles at Google can be and we shouldn't deceive ourselves or students into thinking otherwise (some of our programs to get female students into coding might be doing this)."