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You've just made an assumption and you're running with it like it's a fact - just because you don't want to believe what's being reported
by eecks 8y ago
You've just made an assumption and you're running with it like it's a fact - just because you don't want to believe what's being reported
- magneticnorth 8y agoA little late on this thread, but did want to add - I'm not assuming that's what's happening here, but I know this has been overlooked in similar analyses. I think Google's hr team is probably smart enough to account for things like this, but I would really like for the report to say what other variables they controlled for in order to conclude that women are overpaid. And I think someplace like Hacker news is exactly the right place for the community to discuss the many ways a company can get to a result like this - via Simpson's paradox, via differences in promotion velocity, or via simple economics, based on the fact diverse teams are desirable and women are more scarce. Attacking someone for suggesting one not-yet-discussed possibility is not helpful to the discussion, imo.
- eecks 8y agoWhy do you feel like you were attacked? I think that's an ongoing issue today where people do not like to be challenged. My observation is that news about men being disadvantaged comes out and people don't want to believe it. I've seen people insinuate that the study was done by men and therefore the outcome would naturally happen. Another mocking that is was "scientific" and "numbers-based" Another claiming the women deserve more money. I bet if I challenged any of them they would claim to be attacked too.