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GitHub is very explicitly no longer a meritocracy: http://www.businessinsider.com/githubs-ceo-ditches-meritocracy-rug-2014-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/gith

by hga 12y ago

GitHub is very explicitly no longer a meritocracy: http://www.businessinsider.com/githubs-ceo-ditches-meritocracy-rug-2014-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/githubs-ceo-ditches-meritocra... And per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9158997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9158997 the same Julie Ann Horvath was both his ex and wanted him fired.

ceejayoz 12y ago
Github has acknowledged that unconscious biases make it nearly impossible to have a true, pure meritocracy. It's a bit like communism - the ideal is wonderful, the actual implementation problematic.