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They also don't give a breakdown of what colleges they hire from. (Which is a good heuristic for social class) Not everyone had the privilege to be able to go t

They also don't give a breakdown of what colleges they hire from. (Which is a good heuristic for social class) Not everyone had the privilege to be able to go to Stanford.

koenigdavidmj 12y ago
Even if Stanford were a public school with a well-developed CS program, it's still the nearest notable school. Is there a shock that Amazon and Microsoft hire a lot of UW grads?
- jonlucc 12y ago
  There are many reasons close schools would have an advantage. I would be surprised if there aren't adjunct faculty at Stanford from Google (and UW from Microsoft) and interns sometimes prefer local opportunities to those far away. It might be interesting to look at which colleges they hire from, but just drop Stanford (or control for the number of miles from Mountain View.
- seanmcdirmid 12y ago
  Google probably hires more UW grads than Microsoft (and definitely at the PhD level). Back when I was an undergraduate, even intel hired more than Microsoft (replace google for intel these days).
thrownaway2424 12y ago
Diversity across arbitrary axes would be silly. Half the country didn't go to college. Should Google hire half non-college-attending people?
ggambetta 12y ago
I didn't have the privilege to be able to go to Stanford. I didn't have the privilege to be able to go to any Ivy League University. Nor to any university in the US, for that matter - I got my Engineering degree from an unknown university in a small south american country. But I did fine in the interviews so they hired me. So many people say "yeah, they only hire PhDs from Stanford". OK, how do I put this - no.
- vitd 12y ago
  Sure, and there are lots of companies that don't have any policies against hiring women. It's just that everyone who does hire, happens to hire from their fraternity, or their best friend's recommendations (which are from his fraternity), etc. And it just happens that there are no women in any positions of power at that company, so nobody ever even asks the question if they should do things differently.

They also don't give a breakdown of what colleges they hire from. (Which is a good heuristic for social class) Not everyone had the privilege to be able to go to Stanford.

koenigdavidmj 12y ago

Even if Stanford were a public school with a well-developed CS program, it's still the nearest notable school. Is there a shock that Amazon and Microsoft hire a lot of UW grads?

jonlucc 12y ago
There are many reasons close schools would have an advantage. I would be surprised if there aren't adjunct faculty at Stanford from Google (and UW from Microsoft) and interns sometimes prefer local opportunities to those far away. It might be interesting to look at which colleges they hire from, but just drop Stanford (or control for the number of miles from Mountain View.
seanmcdirmid 12y ago
Google probably hires more UW grads than Microsoft (and definitely at the PhD level). Back when I was an undergraduate, even intel hired more than Microsoft (replace google for intel these days).

thrownaway2424 12y ago

Diversity across arbitrary axes would be silly. Half the country didn't go to college. Should Google hire half non-college-attending people?

ggambetta 12y ago

I didn't have the privilege to be able to go to Stanford. I didn't have the privilege to be able to go to any Ivy League University. Nor to any university in the US, for that matter - I got my Engineering degree from an unknown university in a small south american country. But I did fine in the interviews so they hired me. So many people say "yeah, they only hire PhDs from Stanford". OK, how do I put this - no.

vitd 12y ago
Sure, and there are lots of companies that don't have any policies against hiring women. It's just that everyone who does hire, happens to hire from their fraternity, or their best friend's recommendations (which are from his fraternity), etc. And it just happens that there are no women in any positions of power at that company, so nobody ever even asks the question if they should do things differently.