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If the pushback were against corporate shallowness, you'd expect at least one comment would include a suggestion of what they could do instead. But the comment
by Jabbles 6y ago
If the pushback were against corporate shallowness, you'd expect at least one comment would include a suggestion of what they could do instead.
But the comments here so far don't seem to do that, they seem to just be against this, with no alternative.
- SilasX 6y agoOkay, then I'll give some: outreach/mentorship/internships of PoC who might never be aware of coding or have a hard time breaking down the early barriers to getting involved. Top comment from an earlier discussion on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23501861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23501861
- taylodl 6y agoYou act like this type of mentoring isn’t being done. It is. I work for a Fortune 200 company in a city having several Fortune 500 companies and they all do this.
- SilasX 6y agoNice, who are the mentors it created that are opening further doors for PoC?
- taylodl 6y agoI only see the start of the pipeline. You're right though, it'd be nice to see it all the way through in order to better understand what overall impact we're having, if any.
- bdcravens 6y agoAdditionally I think we all can do grassroots mentoring. I know the challenge is discovering a good candidate, but it's an option. Buy someone a simple laptop, and teach them from first principles. (I've seen at least person I know and respect do this on Twitter)