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Traditionally, tech diversity referred to gender diversity, in which case, yes tech companies (especially engineering) are very skewed for a white collar positi
by usaar333 6y ago
Traditionally, tech diversity referred to gender diversity, in which case, yes tech companies (especially engineering) are very skewed for a white collar position. Note that this post is about gender diversity.
If you attempt to extend it to ethnicity (which this post is not about), this gets all really arbitrary, which is where your point comes in.
The cause of underlying skews is then a different discussion altogether.
- jariel 6y ago"Traditionally, tech diversity referred to gender diversity" This is definitely not true. " extend it to ethnicity ... gets all really arbitrary " I don't think so, the issues are very similar.
- usaar333 6y agoEthnic diversity is relatively new (it was rarely discussed much 10 years ago compared to gender, at least as far as goal settings was concerned) -- and how is it not arbitrary? The "major groups" used are entirely arbitrary (yes, they are EEOC definitions generally, but those are arbitrary and there's no particular reason they should be relevant for tech). It's also an arbitrary choice whether to consider group intersectionality or not. (e.g. Are Asian women underrepresented in tech?)