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As an Asian American male, I've seen a great mixture of white and Asian men in tech companies in Silicon Valley. I've never worked in a frat house type startup,
by colmvp 13y ago
As an Asian American male, I've seen a great mixture of white and Asian men in tech companies in Silicon Valley. I've never worked in a frat house type startup, but rather ones with a great mixture of high end talent. So I concede I might be only experiencing an outlier.
Asians in America put a much higher priority on education than other races, at least based on college graduation statistics. If you look at marriages, the pairings which have the highest rate of possessing a college degree are Asian/Asian, White/Asian, and Asian/White. Most engineering jobs require a degree, so is it really a surprise that Asian's have higher representation in tech than perhaps other races?
I chose to do coding and design because it was something I enjoyed. Growing up, I did it on my own time despite the fact that it wasn't a particularly socially attractive endeavor especially compared to sports. I'm not griping that the NFL/NHL/MLB or Hollywood have few Asian American men or that I didn't end up going into those industries.
I get annoyed when people just assume that 'men' in tech purposefully exclude other races and genders. I couldn't care less the race or gender of the applicant.
- atom-morgan 13y agoI'm half white and half Korean. This sums it up.
- judk 13y agoHow wealthy were your parents and neighbors?
- colmvp 13y agoParents: Upper-class Neighbours: Upper-class That being said, I went to a no-name high school and no-name college. I worked my way into startups through connections in college and living abroad.