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It's somewhat taboo to mention that though. Reminds me of a Charles Murray's The Bell Curve, which merely pointed out that various races have differing average
by 0xfeba 8y ago
It's somewhat taboo to mention that though. Reminds me of a Charles Murray's The Bell Curve, which merely pointed out that various races have differing average intelligence. Despite clarifying that the standard deviation was much wider than any of the differences (so you cannot judge an individual based on the results), the author was shamed, blacklisted, and threatened for his work.
Some people just like to live in a fairy tale where how everyone should be treated is the same as how everyone actually is.
- ageofwant 8y agoThe reason for age discrimination is almost never capability. The majority of older engineers, especially in more established professions like Civil, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering are obviously and demonstrably better engineers than younger ones. This comes from simple experience and time spent on a subject. In less established professions where techniques and processes are more in flux, not enough time is spent on any topic to produce true masters - in software, there are only apprentices and journeymen. Principal level Civil Engineers can expect to make about 120% more than juniors - so firing one principal saves a lot of money on the books this quarter. These companies wither and die as they bleed away core competencies and corporate memory.
- s2g 8y agoHas anyone ever referenced that work and not been a complete racist piece of crap?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoCharles Murray?