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Nobody in the tech industry cares about DEI (most people I've met are downright hostile to the idea). All those companies in 2020 who hired DEI consultants and
by shortrounddev2 10mo ago
Nobody in the tech industry cares about DEI (most people I've met are downright hostile to the idea). All those companies in 2020 who hired DEI consultants and made big announcements about DEI and changed master to main were just buying cheap good will
- shadowgovt 10mo agoI caution against extrapolating to the entire tech industry from an individual sample of experience.
- TheTaytay 10mo agoYou could argue that they were pandering to certain powers then and are pandering now.
- blackguardx 10mo agoWho was president when Microsoft introduced D&I (Diversity and Inclusion) initiatives in 2019? AFAIK, they never called it DEI internally.
- veeti 10mo agoThe cynical take is that main was about shutting up Github employees protests against ICE contracts [1]. And it seemed to work: no more protests and another diversity consultant enriched. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/29/microsofts-github-has-become-magnet-for-thorny-issues-like-riaa.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/29/microsofts-github-has-become...
- rockskon 10mo agoDidn't Microsoft spend years basing the bonuses and performance reviews of middle management based heavily on the gender and race of who they managed to hire or promote?