4 ms·
I don't see any evidence that any actual otherwise-qualified people are saying they would like these jobs but are unable to get them due to any hurdles at all -
by commandlinefan 5y ago
I don't see any evidence that any actual otherwise-qualified people are saying they would like these jobs but are unable to get them due to any hurdles at all - I do see advocacy groups insisting that percentages themselves are evidence that there must be such people, but aren't able to produce any examples.
- mattzito 5y agoI mean, there's a lot of examples, like this: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-howard-university-coders/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-howard-university-co... and this: https://medium.com/@racheltho/how-to-make-tech-interviews-a-little-less-awful-c29f35431987 https://medium.com/@racheltho/how-to-make-tech-interviews-a-... > Triplebyte’s key advice for job seekers is to read the bios of founders and apply to companies where the CTO shares your background. Since only 3% of VC funding goes to women and less than 1% goes to Black founders, this advice will be hard to follow for applicants from underrepresented groups or with non-traditional backgrounds. Or this: https://archive.is/zA7lV https://archive.is/zA7lV or this: https://www.fullstackacademy.com/blog/coding-while-black https://www.fullstackacademy.com/blog/coding-while-black There's lots of stories about challenges in getting those jobs, and then getting paid less to do those jobs, and then feeling unwelcome. Why is it so hard to believe that it's simply harder to get a job if you're a qualified minority? How does it lessen you to acknowledge that there are systemic problems?