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Why not? They have the freedom and opportunity to create FOSS code just the same as anyone else.
by nivenkos 5y ago
Why not? They have the freedom and opportunity to create FOSS code just the same as anyone else.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago1. Just generally, it's rather exploitive to require something unpaid that people do in their spare time in order for them to get a job. 2. Specifically with respect to race and gender, don't use something to guide hiring that you know skews one way. And don't excuse it by saying "but those other people had the freedom and opportunity". They did, but it still skews, and you still know it does. Don't use signals that are known to be biased.
- nivenkos 5y agoUnfortunately most take-home tests hit those two points too though.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThey at least hit the "unpaid work in order to get a job" exploitive part. I'm not sure about the "latent discrimination part". But yes, I regard unpaid take-home tests as filtering for workers who are willing to be exploited...