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I 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-
by mattzito 5y ago
I 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?