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Alright, Got to weigh in here. I used to work at the ft, and spent a good deal of time dealing with the labs division. Andrew probably went out of his way to
by jayzalowitz 14y ago
Alright, Got to weigh in here.
I used to work at the ft, and spent a good deal of time dealing with the labs division.
Andrew probably went out of his way to ask for diversity, seriously, he is awesome like that.
I think the issue may be time constraints and the fact that within 3 companies, no females/minorities/etc offered to speak and had the relevant high level of expertise.
- felideon 14y agoNot to turn this into an entire drama[1] or to single Andrew out, but if he is so awesome, why the arrogant "I don't feel need to defend this" response? [1] Not that sexism/racism/*-ism should be taken lightly.
- ahh 14y agoBecause he has more important things to do than argue with peasants? http://sebastianmarshall.com/arguing-with-peasants-shows-a-lack-of-self-discipline http://sebastianmarshall.com/arguing-with-peasants-shows-a-l...
- mattpointblank 14y agoHi, article author here. I did state in the blogpost that I know Andrew is a good chap and I respect him and his intentions, and I don't for a minute think he set out to make this event 100% male. My issue is in his response to my challenge on it, and the lack of acknowledgement by the organisers that an 100% male lineup isn't ideal. I also find it quite hard to believe that amongst companies like Google and Facebook, there aren't enough highly-qualified female/minority devs who could've spoken. And besides, the speaker roster isn't exclusive to those three companies, either. thanks!
- jayzalowitz 14y agoI dont disagree about paragraph 3, what I am saying is the very specific, very fast mobile serving technology experts may have very few women, or at least few who wish to travel to london.