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>DEI initiatives are inherently sexist and racist and to date I have seen zero solid scientific evidence proving that diversity is a strategic advantage I can'
by no_wizard 3y ago
>DEI initiatives are inherently sexist and racist and to date I have seen zero solid scientific evidence proving that diversity is a strategic advantage
I can't speak for the broader, more recent term of DEI, therefore I am not speaking to how diversity is achieved.
However, I can speak to diversity being a huge win. I've seen features go through the lifecycle process that if there weren't other perspectives in the room (namely, people of color, non male genders and folks with disabilities), we would have ended up releasing things that would have either not been good for our entire addressable market, or accidentally offensive.
Saved us embarrassment more than once. Having a pool of people from different backgrounds, ability, ethnicity and genders can be real value add, in above their competency as engineers (of which, they most certainly were some of the best I ever worked with in many cases)
- northzen 3y ago> However, I can speak to diversity being a huge win For the sake of example, let's substitute diversity for wealth. Wealth distributed equally and justly is good. People who feel they must control the distribution of wealth because of the injustice of the world are evil. And their practices are evil. And the actual implementation of those practices only leads to more injustice and evil.
- no_wizard 3y agoHow does diversity in the work environment being a plus somehow equate to wealth distribution? This quite frankly does not address anything I wrote at all.
- northzen 3y agoSimple. Diversity is good. People who enforce it for the sake of diversity and build their careers around it are bad and essentially parasitic.
- no_wizard 3y agoThat still doesn’t make sense in terms of replying to what I wrote. Not to mention, as with many things, it all comes down to the details, I would t paint it with such a broad brush