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> any perceived layoffs of white males at tech companies is just correlation with their overrepresentation in the software engineer population Whites are 41% o
by like_any_other 2y ago
> any perceived layoffs of white males at tech companies is just correlation with their overrepresentation in the software engineer population
Whites are 41% of software engineers [1], but 57% of the US population [2], so they are under-, not over-, represented.
[1] https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/software-engineer/demographics/ https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/software-engineer/dem...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...