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I think there's no question it's subjective! But the quote was 'if you walk into any Big Tech company and want to figure out who the manager is, just look for
by hooloovoo_zoo 4y ago
I think there's no question it's subjective! But the quote was
'if you walk into any Big Tech company and want to figure out who the manager is, just look for the tallest, best-dressed man and you'll be right 90% of the time.'
whereas 'the managers' of some of the most successful big tech companies are short relative to people of similar backgrounds, let alone the tallest.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoThe comment I responded to was "Bezos is short, Zuckerberg is short, Gates is short" If you had said they were unlikely to be the tallest person in the room, I would have wholeheartedly agreed. If you had said they were short by white male american standards I would have also agreed. If you had said they were short by standards of U.S. tech workers, I would have half-heartedly agreed (since there is good Asian representation in that demographic but men are overrepresented).