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Maybe big tech could try hiring for diversity of thought… I don’t mean diversity on the basis of gender, ethnicity, or sexuality… I mean, hire people who are

Maybe big tech could try hiring for diversity of thought… I don’t mean diversity on the basis of gender, ethnicity, or sexuality… I mean, hire people who are experts in other areas other than tech as well… and maybe teach them some tech along the way because they’re working in tech, but hire them for the potential gains that can come from having people who see the world a different way, who have a different perspective and who are experts in other areas that are not tech.

mrkeen 2y ago
> hire them for the potential gains that can come from having people who see the world a different way Too optimistic. I contracted for a company for a few months where I worked on GDPR. While I was there they talked about their plans to release their next product without microtransactions because that tanks reviews, and then add microtransactions later in an update. They are very conscious of what they're doing. They were compelled to work on GDPR issues, not microtransactions. ... Oh right now as I'm writing this out, I realise this restaurant is only playing shitty covers of well-known songs. The streaming services are already only paying the original artists pennies, and now they need to cut out that expense too?