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I, for one, would love to see compile-time reflection in Rust and I'm genuinely curious how somebody exploring the feasibility of that feature could make anybod

by klyrs 3y ago

I, for one, would love to see compile-time reflection in Rust and I'm genuinely curious how somebody exploring the feasibility of that feature could make anybody feel uncomfortable. As a minority, I've been subject to firm decisions made on the basis of extremely dubious reasoning before. Is it bias? Who knows, it's never clear-cut in any specific example. But when it just seems to keep happening and nobody can explain why, it certainly feels fishy. And of course, being on hiring panels and hearing comments like "I don't like how she talks" or "I don't trust men who wear scarves" or "I don't think he'll fit the culture (which is mostly white)" made about candidates, and "I don't see any problem with hiring based on attractiveness" as a "joke" after a hiring decision was made in favor of a conventionally attractive woman... and later hearing comments like "I've never discriminated against anybody" come out of the same mouths? I don't buy it. I don't think I'm unbiased. I don't know how anybody could possibly think that about themselves.

dagmx 3y ago
I share your experience here. I’m a minority, and arguably now considered an industry expert as well in my domain (graphics). The vast majority of time I’m the only minority involved in several circles. I am trying to raise diversity in these groups, across age, ethnicity and gender. But it’s so difficult to do when few others also join in that effort. Not because they’re necessarily bigoted (though some are), but they don’t see it. The only effective means I’ve found is to actually highlight the disparity between diversity in the industry versus representation in the committees. Then suddenly people have an amazing colleague that they forgot to invite, or a rising star Junior dev who could be mentored into the role. Sometimes people just need to be reminded that the status quo isn’t above questioning and that they have their own implicit biases that they just never reflect on.

by klyrs 3y ago

dagmx 3y ago

I share your experience here. I’m a minority, and arguably now considered an industry expert as well in my domain (graphics). The vast majority of time I’m the only minority involved in several circles. I am trying to raise diversity in these groups, across age, ethnicity and gender. But it’s so difficult to do when few others also join in that effort. Not because they’re necessarily bigoted (though some are), but they don’t see it. The only effective means I’ve found is to actually highlight the disparity between diversity in the industry versus representation in the committees. Then suddenly people have an amazing colleague that they forgot to invite, or a rising star Junior dev who could be mentored into the role. Sometimes people just need to be reminded that the status quo isn’t above questioning and that they have their own implicit biases that they just never reflect on.