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I think it’s odd to limit the scope of the “minority” label of a global industry to just the USA. 18.2 million software developers in the world. only 3.6 mill
by randyrand 8y ago
I think it’s odd to limit the scope of the “minority” label of a global industry to just the USA.
18.2 million software developers in the world.
only 3.6 million are from the usa. ~5.7 million are from india. 5.8 million from china. etc.
No one race has the majority.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2483690/it-careers/india-to-overtake-u-s--on-number-of-developers-by-2017.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2483690/it-careers/ind...
- hnbroseph 8y agodoesn't seem that odd to me given that the website is "usa today"...
- mikeyouse 8y agoEspecially when they're talking about the AP exams given in American high schools.
- randyrand 8y agosure, but LA times doesn’t use the minority label with white people even though they are a minority in LA. In other words, the jurisdiction of the newspaper is not always what they use when calculating the “minority” label. A minority label depends on context, and IMO global context makes more sense when talking about SWE.
- hnbroseph 8y ago> global context makes more sense when talking about SWE why would any specific context "make more sense" when talking about SWE?
- randyrand 8y agoBecause SWE projects and companies are global. The internet, mobile and desktop OSs are all global. The top engineering companies have offices all over the world that work together.
- bitwize 8y agoAP is a US-only school thing, so it makes sense.