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What a shockingly sad interpretation from most (all at the time of writing) comments here. When did you ever have a job that you didn't learn 90% of what's nee

What a shockingly sad interpretation from most (all at the time of writing) comments here. When did you ever have a job that you didn't learn 90% of what's needed, while on the job itself? Cries for meritocracy are woefully ignorant for this fact alone. If you want meritocracy, focus your energy on improving education. Until then, your worth is determined mostly by whether someone gives you a chance, which depends on your skin color, location, and last name, aka luck.

sanity31415 5y ago
> What a shockingly sad interpretation from most (all at the time of writing) comments here. It's shockingly sad to see people defending state discrimination based on race and sex.
- BrianOnHN 5y ago
  How so? If the state continues to allow a small subset of the population to discriminate based on race and sex, isn't that also the state defending discrimination?
  - sanity31415 5y ago
    > If the state continues to allow a small subset of the population to discriminate based on race and sex Example?
  - waterhouse 5y ago
    I think discriminating based on race and sex (for hiring decisions) is already illegal. Therefore, the only new scenarios covered by this law are where a board ends up being single-sexed and -raced for reasons that one can't make a strong case were due to discrimination.
kbenson 5y ago
> When did you ever have a job that you didn't learn 90% of what's needed, while on the job itself? The older and more specialized my roles get, the less I'm learning about how to do the job on the job, and the more I'm just learning the small differences at the current location. I assume that's why CEO's are routinely hired away from other companies. I assume the stuff they'll learn at the new job is the specifics of that company, but not "how to be a CEO". I would assume the same of some board members (as I understand it, they don't all bring the same things to the table).
guidovranken 5y ago
> your worth is determined mostly by whether someone gives you a chance, which depends on your skin color, location, and last name, aka luck. Nonsense. If you can code, you can start next week. You can set up a website and start selling things. If you make good music, people will come. If you solve a problem that saves people time or money, they will buy it. Apart from people like you, most people don't care all that much about race.
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sanity31415 5y ago

> What a shockingly sad interpretation from most (all at the time of writing) comments here. It's shockingly sad to see people defending state discrimination based on race and sex.

BrianOnHN 5y ago
How so? If the state continues to allow a small subset of the population to discriminate based on race and sex, isn't that also the state defending discrimination?
- sanity31415 5y ago
  > If the state continues to allow a small subset of the population to discriminate based on race and sex Example?
- waterhouse 5y ago
  I think discriminating based on race and sex (for hiring decisions) is already illegal. Therefore, the only new scenarios covered by this law are where a board ends up being single-sexed and -raced for reasons that one can't make a strong case were due to discrimination.

kbenson 5y ago

> When did you ever have a job that you didn't learn 90% of what's needed, while on the job itself? The older and more specialized my roles get, the less I'm learning about how to do the job on the job, and the more I'm just learning the small differences at the current location. I assume that's why CEO's are routinely hired away from other companies. I assume the stuff they'll learn at the new job is the specifics of that company, but not "how to be a CEO". I would assume the same of some board members (as I understand it, they don't all bring the same things to the table).

guidovranken 5y ago

> your worth is determined mostly by whether someone gives you a chance, which depends on your skin color, location, and last name, aka luck. Nonsense. If you can code, you can start next week. You can set up a website and start selling things. If you make good music, people will come. If you solve a problem that saves people time or money, they will buy it. Apart from people like you, most people don't care all that much about race.

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