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The First Round team doesn't seem very diverse. Lots of white men, white women and a few Asian ladies. Not a single Asian male. Is there a glass ceiling? ht
by notsony 11y ago
The First Round team doesn't seem very diverse. Lots of white men, white women and a few Asian ladies. Not a single Asian male. Is there a glass ceiling?
http://firstround.com/people http://firstround.com/people
- nrb 11y agoAre you for real? Diversity isn't achieved my ticking checkboxes next to each race or nationality.
- ejstronge 11y agoTotally agree with you. But, the current makeup of the team (presumably) indicates that the hiring process didn't rely on venues where other nationalities/races predominate. You might respond that the team hired the best candidates available - which could indeed be true - but GP's point is worth raising, if inelegantly phrased.
- notsony 11y agoWhy not? What's wrong with a campaign wanting "more Asian males in leadership roles instead of non-client-facing engineering roles"? Isn't that why Intel has put $300 million into diversity hiring[1]? Isn't that why we have campaigns like "Black girls can code"? Isn't that what Ellen Pao is trying to do at Reddit[2] > She has eliminated salary negotiations from the hiring process because women often end up fairing worse in terms of pay. She has hired a well-known diversity consultant to advise Reddit. She has passed over candidates who are not committed to gender and racial diversity, according to the interview. [1] http://fortune.com/2015/01/12/intel-diversity/ http://fortune.com/2015/01/12/intel-diversity/ [2] http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-diversity/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-...