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> Or, that the best thing to improve your employability is adopting a typically white female name? - I don't think that would actually work that well. - Sugge
by mlyle 4y ago
> Or, that the best thing to improve your employability is adopting a typically white female name?
- I don't think that would actually work that well.
- Suggesting people should reasonably pretend to be white to get employment basically concedes that the game is broken, and it's kind of offensive to boot.
- While women may get (barely) more callbacks, I think we have filters earlier in life that make them less likely to end up with tech work; and we have filters later in life that tend to lower their economic compensation.
- klipt 4y ago> concedes that the game is broken Duh? Why do you think immigrants to Anglo countries named Giovanni or Juan or Janek, have, since forever, changed their names to John? > While women may get (barely) more callbacks, I think we have filters earlier in life that make them less likely to end up with tech work Which suggests the optimal strategy is to either be a girl with a very enthusiastic tech parent who helps you overpower those toxic feminine norms. Or to be raised as a boy and then transition to a woman when you start working?