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Fair enough. Women are generally less interested in engineering, so there will always be a gap. James Damore was fired from Google for writing this memo on the

Fair enough. Women are generally less interested in engineering, so there will always be a gap. James Damore was fired from Google for writing this memo on the tech gender gap. You may find it interesting. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586-Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586-Googles-Ideo...

FranzFerdiNaN 8y ago
He was fired for being sexist and an idiot, not for “telling the truth” as his sexist supporters would make it.
- orbifold 8y ago
  He was an idiot in the sense that you obviously should not write and distribute an essay at work on a sensitive topic, if you are not an “expert” and were not asked to do so. As far as anyone reasonable could tell the facts he cited are correct but his opinions and recommendations were obviously politically incorrect.
  - kiriakasis 8y ago
    just a bit of a factual remark: he was asked to do so. diversity and inclusion committee at google ask employees for feedback, the memo was a feedback saying "current policies do not work as expected, maybe offering more part time and family friendly jobs would allow both men and women that do want to spend time with their family to like working at google".
- kiriakasis 8y ago
  The James Damore memo is quite a complex subject. The story is nuanced and at no point Damore was sexist. He goes the extra mile to say that women can be as good engineer as any man and propose a different mode to interest women in engineering jobs. I do not know if you have read the memo, but it only objective is to find a way to hire more women in an effective way. Personally I liked the proposition in the memo because it would allow for men and women to equally share child-duties. That said I do not criticize google's decision to fire him as the overwhelmingly negative exposure the memo had was quite a damage to the company...

FranzFerdiNaN 8y ago

He was fired for being sexist and an idiot, not for “telling the truth” as his sexist supporters would make it.

orbifold 8y ago
He was an idiot in the sense that you obviously should not write and distribute an essay at work on a sensitive topic, if you are not an “expert” and were not asked to do so. As far as anyone reasonable could tell the facts he cited are correct but his opinions and recommendations were obviously politically incorrect.
- kiriakasis 8y ago
  just a bit of a factual remark: he was asked to do so. diversity and inclusion committee at google ask employees for feedback, the memo was a feedback saying "current policies do not work as expected, maybe offering more part time and family friendly jobs would allow both men and women that do want to spend time with their family to like working at google".
kiriakasis 8y ago
The James Damore memo is quite a complex subject. The story is nuanced and at no point Damore was sexist. He goes the extra mile to say that women can be as good engineer as any man and propose a different mode to interest women in engineering jobs. I do not know if you have read the memo, but it only objective is to find a way to hire more women in an effective way. Personally I liked the proposition in the memo because it would allow for men and women to equally share child-duties. That said I do not criticize google's decision to fire him as the overwhelmingly negative exposure the memo had was quite a damage to the company...