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I’m surprised that this doesn’t get talked about more - I’ve worked with plenty of women, minorities, and immigrants at large tech companies, but I can’t recal
by markatto 3y ago
I’m surprised that this doesn’t get talked about more - I’ve worked with plenty of women, minorities, and immigrants at large tech companies, but I can’t recall a single person with a southern accent.
- hifromLA 3y agoSame for me, but even more than that I can’t remember ever speaking to someone with a southern accent outside of work.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoNobody from the south would be caught dead in California? Mostly kidding.
- ok_dad 3y agoI recently worked with a guy from the south who had a wicked accent. I could understand him because I spent time in the military and one gets used to all kinds of accents, but no one else could understand him. He was pretty smart and I’m sure he will do fine, but his accent definitely got some mean comments. I told a few people to knock it off because he didn’t deserve them.
- junofan 3y agoTech is brutal. Even Tim Cook suppresses it.
- oblio 3y agoThe other obvious missing part is African Americans, especially for tech roles. I'd be shocked if more than 1% of SDEs at FAANG are African Americans. The biggest social elevator of the past few decades and they're completely cut off from it.
- nunez 3y agoDefinitely not "completely"
- oblio 3y agoNo, not completely cut off from the software tech elevator, you're right, just 90%. Much better :-)
- nunez 3y agoI wouldn't frame it as "cut off" as much as it is "unknown unknowns." If you don't have family/close friends in this industry and don't have any resources or the wherewithal to help you/yourself break into it, then you're kind of SOL.
- oblio 3y agoDownvoted: look around where you work, FAANG. Count the African Americans :-) Truth hurts, I guess?
- nunez 3y agoMuch more prevalent in public sector and regional tech.