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This is mystical thinking. We can establish systems for hiring based on capability.
by abbycurtis33 11mo ago
This is mystical thinking. We can establish systems for hiring based on capability.
- swiftcoder 11mo agoWe've yet to establish such a system, so I'm not holding out much hope (and anyone who has been through a handful of tech interview loops ought to realise this)
- devmor 11mo agoThis is also sounds like mystical thinking or some kind of idealism. What safeguard prevents the interference and subversion by the class(es) that already control hiring and cause the problem that society desires to solve? A meritocracy would of course, benefit everyone, but in creating systems that decide merit, we demonstrably have always created biases that preserve the control of someone involved in creating those systems.
- philipallstar 11mo agoYes, we bias towards people we think will do work that benefits the organisation's end users or customers. That's what we want as end users or customers.
- devmor 11mo agoWhat? Customers do not do hiring and hiring is not done to benefit customers. That is a nonsense viewpoint.
- rat87 11mo agoWe can? I'm pretty sure companies have spent billions trying to achieve this and failed. The best they can do is maybe sort of sometime hire people that are good enough
- rileymat2 11mo agoSometimes those are directly out of the DEI playbook when you see discrepancies in hiring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_audition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_audition I'd wager that most directors thought they were picking the person with the most merit, and they seemingly were not.