> Hiring on merit will be a permanent policy at Scale. > We believe that people should be judged by the content of their character — and, as colleagues, be add

> Hiring on merit will be a permanent policy at Scale. > We believe that people should be judged by the content of their character — and, as colleagues, be additionally judged by their talent, skills, and work ethic. > There is a mistaken belief that meritocracy somehow conflicts with diversity. I strongly disagree. No group has a monopoly on excellence. A hiring process based on merit will naturally yield a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Achieving this requires casting a wide net for talent and then objectively selecting the best, without bias in any direction. We will not pick winners and losers based on someone being the “right” or “wrong” race, gender, and so on. It should be needless to say, and yet it needs saying: doing so would be racist and sexist, not to mention illegal. Seems like a prelude to some bad news coming out about Scale. Otherwise why would you write a post like this?