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I'm self taught. No college degree. Raised by a single mother on government assistance. I'm very tired of hearing about all the advantages I have from people
by chitowneats 4y ago
I'm self taught. No college degree. Raised by a single mother on government assistance.
I'm very tired of hearing about all the advantages I have from people born with the silver spoon, just not white. It's very common to run into such individuals in tech.
Race-focused DEI is very beneficial to people like this because they have all the elite pedigree without any of the racial baggage. Rarely do I see these efforts help truly disadvantaged people.
Your suggestions are all well and good. They would help someone coming from a background like mine.
Unfortunately, they bear little resemblance to the DEI efforts and departments I'm familiar with.
- striking 4y agoAgain, I'm sorry to hear that, but I promise you there are people out there working to make things better for everyone. All I can offer you is that the successes are far less visible than the failures, and that it's really easy to get DEI wrong (whether intentionally or otherwise). I hope that at least I've conveyed why programs like this exist and why they might be helpful to everyone, even if we disagree on whether or not they're implemented correctly.
- nervlord 4y ago
- gedy 4y agoIn zero cases have I heard of of any DEI efforts talk about economically disadvantaged candidates. It's always pop culture visible or sexual diversity.
- chitowneats 4y agoI was really hoping the parent commenter would give me an example of a place that does this. Seems like it would be nice place to work.
- striking 4y agoYou can look at any one of the articles that mention companies and their case studies in applying these exact methods. I don't want to name my workplace.