Ah, OK. Where I work (Bay Area tech company) it would be basically impossible to question (however politely) dogma such as "The pipeline isn't the problem; the

Ah, OK. Where I work (Bay Area tech company) it would be basically impossible to question (however politely) dogma such as "The pipeline isn't the problem; the work environment is the problem". <== This refers to the hiring pipeline and difficulties of hiring programmers from under-represented backgrounds "Seeking to hire candidates from under-represented backgrounds does not mean that the standards for evaluation are being lowered even slightly for anyone."