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Googlers are no more unbiased than someone who gets a job somewhere else. Getting a job at Google might affect your opinions somewhat when you see what people a
by skybrian 4y ago
Googlers are no more unbiased than someone who gets a job somewhere else. Getting a job at Google might affect your opinions somewhat when you see what people are doing, but there is no special training in being unbiased.
Also, the document we're discussing was not written as a serious research paper. It's a more like one of Steve Yegge's rants, written to be provocative.
When something Yegge wrote while at Google leaked, people knew who he was, so it was interpreted as "here's what Yegge thinks." It's the same in this case, but it's someone else who isn't famous.
- mattlondon 4y ago> but there is no special training in being unbiased Citation needed! ;-)
- skybrian 4y agoWell, I didn't get any training like that when I worked there, but it was a long time ago and I don't know what they're teaching Nooglers these days. I suppose you might be referring to diversity training, but it's not the same thing.
- startupsfail 4y agoUnderstanding and preventing unwanted biases is a part of basic training in science, statistics and experimental design.