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I try to avoid conversations like this rather than engage directly because I'm likely to question results until things are more proven. However, I'm seeing thin
by sb8244 8y ago
I try to avoid conversations like this rather than engage directly because I'm likely to question results until things are more proven. However, I'm seeing things like this more often and want to become more informed.
When looking at the percentage population of Americans with bachelor's degree (general req for software company), should we see a reflection of that pool in tech companies? I found some census information which shows that the pool of black or African American workers might only be about 5% compared to white. Should the industry reflect this or do we somehow expect to have an unnaturally high diversity?
Someone else pointed out here, but putting the chart at 100% makes me feel like this is a piece for views and not information. It doesn't make sense when showing relative improvement.
https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr10-19.pdf https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr10-19.pdf
- scottlamb 8y ago5% isn't great, but it's still higher than the 2-3% actually employed by these companies, suggesting improvement is possible. I think one major problem that's in the companies' power to solve is that they don't have offices where black people live (e.g. Atlanta). Coming to work for these companies means being isolated from the black community both at and outside of work.