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How representative do things seem to you? I seem to recall that black people were 13% of the U.S. population, so you'd expect (all other things being equal) ab
by commandlinefan 8y ago
How representative do things seem to you? I seem to recall that black people were 13% of the U.S. population, so you'd expect (all other things being equal) about 1 in every 10 employees to be black. On the other hand, Asians are about 5% of the U.S. population, so you'd expect to see about 1 in 20, but everywhere I've ever worked it's been more like 18 or 19 in 20. I've never assumed that's due to prejudice, though.
- miramardesign 8y agoyes, but the public at large are not an accurate sample, a more accurate sample would be computer science graduates. I imagine that the representation of compsci graduates that are afrcian american is not 13%. The same argument is used for women in tech, you can't hire people who don't exist. It starts in education.
- jakear 8y agoShouldn’t it be more about mirroring general workforce demographics than population demographics?