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I've worked in a predominantly female team and there was discrimination against, well, me. I've worked in a team with lots of older folks and the younger membe
by forinti 5y ago
I've worked in a predominantly female team and there was discrimination against, well, me.
I've worked in a team with lots of older folks and the younger members weren't taken as seriously as they should have been.
It also happens when a company has lots of outsourced programmers.
I think there is a lot of emphasis on discrimination made by young white men because they simply are the largest demographic in IT and, of course, they don't generally behave as they should because they are immature (as young people tend to be).
The solution, if it is to be accepted widely, is to work on the group dynamics that all groups show.
- pvarangot 5y agoYeah Unconscious Bias training is one of the DEI policies that I think is valuable to everyone, that's if it's training and not indoctrination.
- randomsearch 5y agoIs there rigorous evidence that supports the idea of unconscious bias and the effectiveness of training in reducing it? I’ve seen it advertised in academia and wondered if it’s evidence-based.
- ok123456 5y agoIt's a form of 'original sin'. It's valuable as a form of control, but it's flimsy science---indistinguishable from the null-hypothesis.