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> wherever you try to improve the pipeline, you cannot expect to make things better than they are at the input of your pipe segment. You absolutely can. You
by stale2002 7y ago
> wherever you try to improve the pipeline, you cannot expect to make things better than they are at the input of your pipe segment.
You absolutely can. You can do so by not overindexing on traditional pipelines that have large amount of discrimination in them, such as top CS schools.
IE, if you are more willing to interview people from less discriminatory sources, such as bootcamps, then you can get around other, worse pipelines.
- klipt 7y agoBy that logic shouldn't we also try to fix the overrepresentation of women in e.g. teaching and nursing by recruiting male teachers and nurses without degrees?
- stale2002 7y agoPossibly. And these industries do indeed already do this. I am not sure why people aren't aware of this, and think this question is some sort of gotcha. These industries are indeed trying to get more male representation. But, since engineers make a whole bunch of money, it makes much more sense to be worried about representation in this industry, because of all the power and money that it confers to people who have these jobs.