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> Hiring for growth, diversity, and EQ … Stripe (and specifically the Atlas team) biases hiring much more strongly on aspirations, track record, taste, and pote
by ed25519FUUU 4y ago
> Hiring for growth, diversity, and EQ … Stripe (and specifically the Atlas team) biases hiring much more strongly on aspirations, track record, taste, and potential.
Really cool that Stripe considers something other than gender or race when hiring for diversity. Every tech company I’ve worked for has a very specific definition of diversity and it was considered and weighed even before the interview.
- billllll 4y agoYou're statement sounds like co-opting the term "diversity" to mean something else, then patting yourself on the back that you reached "diversity." I really don't see what is being achieved here.
- ed25519FUUU 4y agoHere's[1] Google's annual diversity report. What's in the report generally aligns with my understanding of diversity and inclusion, none of which is mentioned by Stripe. Is your definition something other than what's in this report? 1. https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/about.google/en//belonging/diversity-annual-report/2022/static/pdfs/google_2022_diversity_annual_report.pdf?cachebust=1093852 https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/about.google/en//...
- ravagat 4y agoCool, right? What the author listed out is exactly the type of diversity that existed before the current adaptation. It's a better sign to see this in a company with high performance like Stripe.
- dumb_fool 4y agoI've seen this take a lot, but as NYC based black/male software engineer w/ 10+ yrs experience, I can count on one hand how many other black engineers I've ever worked with (engineering orgs from 30 - 250 pp). Where are all of these race based "diversity" hires working?
- somsak2 4y agoit's like all other diversity candidates. marketing, recruiting, design, etc
- trallnag 4y agoWhy do you write "w/" instead of "with"?
- motoxpro 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand for the origin of shortening words to save time.
- billllll 4y agoIt's very clear the numbers do not support the idea that tech has "gone woke." Even the large orgs with strong DEI initiatives have a long way to go to achieve a diverse workplace. I personally don't see the reason for fear mongering about diversity.
- naijaboiler 4y agoI know. Diversity his exist everywhere in everyone's mind except in the data, where it's conspicuously missing
- ed25519FUUU 4y agoAssuming you're asking the question in good faith. As an example here[1] is Google's yearly diversity report. They've done a good job at hiring diverse candidates. Black+ (google's terminology) is up from 5.5% to 8.8% of hires, a 60% increase YoY from 2020 to 2021. 1. https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/diversity.google/en//annual-report/static/pdfs/google_2021_diversity_annual_report.pdf?cachebust=2e13d07 https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/diversity.google/...
- TrackerFF 4y agoOn the other hand, when I see "track record","taste","potential" I immediately get the feeling that there's plenty of room for elitism. Taste is highly objective, and in the professional setting that's a huge pitfall for people being in the in- or outgroup. Track record could go either way, but I have yet to see companies that for example value steep positive progress after a downturn. Whenever track record has been mentioned at other companies, they've expected it to be monotonically increasing aka "steady performers". Potential is notoriously difficult to judge. Aspirations are easy to BS.