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It only looks like a contradiction because you omitted the part where he resolves it. Here's the whole quote: For an early stage, raw startup, your hiring focu
by gruseom 14y ago
It only looks like a contradiction because you omitted the part where he resolves it. Here's the whole quote:
For an early stage, raw startup, your hiring focus should be on homogeneity. You should be encouraging a diversity of origins (gender, ethnicity, etc.) while discouraging a diversity in company values.
In other words: diversity of personal origins is good, divergence of company values is bad. I wonder if you misunderstood what he means by "culture". He doesn't mean the cultural background of each individual; he means the shared values of the team they're joining. His argument is that having teammates who share the same values about the work is so important that it should never be compromised, at least in the early stage of an endeavor. I agree with that.
There's an objection to be made that company values can't actually be separated from personal origins, because people with different backgrounds are likely to want to handle the work differently.
- guylhem 14y agoIt is a contradiction for which no proof is offered (no, a reference to a quora post doesn't count, sorry). It is not consistent. I welcome any proof on any direction (diversity of personal origins is good, divergence of company values is bad / diversity of personal origins is good, divergence of company values is good / diversity of personal origins is bad, divergence of company values is bad / diversity of personal origins is bad, divergence of company values is good) Here, I just don't see any (except repeating politically correct clichés) Facts are usually stronger than a doctrine, however sweet or morally "better" it may pretend to be. If there are no facts, it's not even a theory but an hypothesis or worse- someone wishing the word to be a certain way while it's not (and getting burned in the process, and getting other people burnt too if they believe such claims) I don't "want to believe" in anything - not on HN. I just want to see facts, i.e. anyone is free to advocate diversity, racism, sexism, whatever- but that person would better have some solid facts to back such claims.