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We get hired because we're undeniably brilliant. But then we aren't actually welcome in the social fabric, which is more than 80% male. I've been on a few hiri
by sodepressed 7y ago
We get hired because we're undeniably brilliant. But then we aren't actually welcome in the social fabric, which is more than 80% male. I've been on a few hiring panels and contrary to a sibling comment's implication, the hiring process is quite biased. Though progressive, the company doesn't have anything resembling diversity-aware hiring practices. "The best candidate gets the job" is the rule, but when "cultural fit" is a significant consideration in a heavily male dominated department, we continue to hire many more men than women.
- bubblewrap 7y agoAnd when you were on the hiring panels, you couldn't affect that? Maybe you are not welcome because you advocate "diversity aware hiring practices", not because you are a woman?
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoPhysicists? Are you by any chance in embedded systems? Where are you, and are you willing to relocate? I know at least one healthy embedded environment in the Salt Lake area. Yeah, we have only one woman programmer on our team of 14. She's also one of the superstars. (In most interviews, we ask questions because we wanted to find out what the candidate knows. In her interview, we asked questions because we wanted to learn things.)
- sodepressed 7y agoAww, this is really nice of you. I can't relocate at the moment, but this is heartwarming.