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ArduPilot sticks out on this list - could be some cool projects there. I can’t speak for the current times, but Google’s Open Source Programs Office was, hopef

by mwint 6y ago

ArduPilot sticks out on this list - could be some cool projects there. I can’t speak for the current times, but Google’s Open Source Programs Office was, hopefully still is, staffed by some great people. I won the “pre-GSoC” contest, GCI, many years ago. They flew everyone to SFO, had a day in MV, Segway tours, etc. I met more diverse people on that trip than any other, many connections from that time that I still keep up with. I hope Google restarts in person events like GCI when it’s feasible, it would be a shame to lose those kinds of things. Edit a few minutes later: we have lost it[1]. Hopefully they have something better in mind to replace it. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code-in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code-in

op03 6y ago
This is all superficial diversity. The problem with these types of incentives is you attract ppl who care about these types of incentives. Then you send them up the ladder and after 10-20 years they are still motivated by what freebies they get irrespective of what their skin color or sex is. Companies full of such people then sit around wondering why they stagnate.
- mwint 6y ago
  Talking less about visible diversity and more about diversity of backgrounds of folks on that trip. Mentors, especially, were an interesting crowd. Lots of experience to hear about in chats in the hotel lobby.
  - op03 6y ago
    Stories and experiences are not overly interesting. Diversity in drive/motivation is. Walk into New York UN offices and a neverending list of stories and experiences will flow. But the org is feckless because its selects for, over time a class of people more interested in showing others their UN credentials and perks than anything else. You can be mesmerized by the diversity and experiences and forget the middling outcomes over time of such groups.

by mwint 6y ago

op03 6y ago

This is all superficial diversity. The problem with these types of incentives is you attract ppl who care about these types of incentives. Then you send them up the ladder and after 10-20 years they are still motivated by what freebies they get irrespective of what their skin color or sex is. Companies full of such people then sit around wondering why they stagnate.

mwint 6y ago
Talking less about visible diversity and more about diversity of backgrounds of folks on that trip. Mentors, especially, were an interesting crowd. Lots of experience to hear about in chats in the hotel lobby.
- op03 6y ago
  Stories and experiences are not overly interesting. Diversity in drive/motivation is. Walk into New York UN offices and a neverending list of stories and experiences will flow. But the org is feckless because its selects for, over time a class of people more interested in showing others their UN credentials and perks than anything else. You can be mesmerized by the diversity and experiences and forget the middling outcomes over time of such groups.