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And this is how blatant discrimination goes on. Why is it so important to have women in computer science or STEM? Why can't we leave them alone and let them cho
by u5 9y ago
And this is how blatant discrimination goes on. Why is it so important to have women in computer science or STEM? Why can't we leave them alone and let them choose? Is it money? Sure, google/fb and select few pays well. They also ask you to put in 40-50 hours per week. Not all jobs are dev jobs just for your information.
I worked for top 3 out of top 6 companies in the valley. You wouldn't believe amount of discrimination and denial of opportunities men face. Men are not considered at all and not making it to the pipeline itself.
If you are 30+ and male, it's game over in the valley.
- davidcbc 9y agoI'm over 30 an have gotten offers from 2 big companies in SV in the past year
- mc32 9y agoI don't think anyone who has worked at the big SValley companies will deny that there is some bias[1] against men --but not out of malice, but rather because they believe that their path to success is signaling they are virtuous. So they have quotas and they have rewards for recommending women candidates and will rather hire a woman from Georgia over a male from California because it will fill a quota for a recruiter. I get all that. What I am saying is we need to fill the pipeline with women starting at an early age so there is no need for these artificial practices. Thing is we need more tech workers, in the US --they might as well be American women. It will make us stronger as a people. [1] So people understand, by bias I don't mean they are out to get men. I mean two pretty equal candidates, the majority of the time the man will be overlooked because he will not help to fill the internal recruiters' quotas.