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I don't think that hiring women over equally or more qualified men is truly the norm, though it did certainly occur in some companies and with some individuals
by RougeFemme 14y ago
I don't think that hiring women over equally or more qualified men is truly the norm, though it did certainly occur in some companies and with some individuals - and I'm sure it still does, to some degree. But I think it's a real stretch to call it the norm. And even if you accept the argument that it's the norm, the practice is certainly failing, isn't it, since men still dominate the ranks of programmers. They are no longer 100%, but they still are a huge majority.
- minamea 14y agoMen dominating the ranks of programmers, I believe, is due to women being less interested in programming. You could easily see this if you look at CS class. There is no discriminating employer there, and yet still the classes are men dominated. I believe in getting women interested in CS, not discriminating against men in hiring and access to learning resources. As for whether it's the norm or not, here is the article that gave me that impression: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730673 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730673