— lgbt: Don’t discuss the possibility about being fired for your sexuality because it’s too political. — Women in tech: Nope, let’s not go there, too political

— lgbt: Don’t discuss the possibility about being fired for your sexuality because it’s too political. — Women in tech: Nope, let’s not go there, too political. — Underrepresented minorities in tech: Sorry it’s a pipeline problem, don’t bring politics into this. In my experience in tech (though only Silicon Valley tech companies, so that's a narrow sample) this the opposite of what is true. Companies are very eager to display how much they support LGBT movements and announce how they'll increase diversity by offering larger hiring bonuses for diverse hires and institute systems of reservations for women and non-Asian PoC. Both the private and public companies I've worked with have been very active in pursuing these goals. And we're not alone Microsoft offers larger bonuses for hiring managers that hire diverse candidates [1], and Intel withholds portions of bonuses unless diversity quotas are not met [2]. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/19/18508013/microsoft-pro-diversity-hiring-inclusion-employee-criticism-claims https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/19/18508013/microsoft-pro-di... 2. https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-hits-a-novel-diversity-target-it-calls-full-representation-1540818005 https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-hits-a-novel-diversity-ta...