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>So are companies now supposed to mirror the demographics of a population exactly? Uhm, no, that is not at all the argument being made here. The argument is:
by DenisM 12y ago
>So are companies now supposed to mirror the demographics of a population exactly?
Uhm, no, that is not at all the argument being made here. The argument is:
Google had a median age of 29 in 2013, while the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the median age was 43 years in the U.S. for computer programmers
- magicalist 12y ago"...based on the self-reporting of 840 Google employees..."
- jusben1369 12y agoYes but the OP wasn't questioning the accuracy of the data - in fact quite the opposite.
- jimrandomh 12y agoThat 43 year median age seemed really suspicious, so I checked with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11b.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11b.htm). (The Department of Labor might have its own statistics, but I couldn't find them). It's wrong, and higher than reality, but not as wrong as I expected. The real number is 42.1 for "computer programmers", 40.3 for "software developers" (more than 2x as common), and 36.5 for "web developers" (less common).