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Silicon Valley does have a lack of diversity. It is very hard for anyone to break into Silicon Valley because of the different culture there. They'd rather hir

Silicon Valley does have a lack of diversity. It is very hard for anyone to break into Silicon Valley because of the different culture there. They'd rather hire locals than people from Ohio. They'd rather hire college students from California universities than from Ohio. Even if you get hired, I've had friends who got hired in SV, and got eaten up and spit out and then returned back to St. Louis Missouri to look for a job here because it isn't as hard as SV to look for a job. Even if you get a job it will be stressful and you'll be under a lot of pressure. But it also depends on the culture of the company that is doing the hiring.

QuercusMax 11y ago
I find it incredibly hilarious that you say Silicon Valley isn't diverse compared to Ohio. I just moved from Cleveland, where I worked at a company where almost all the developers and management were white guys from Ohio. (We had a few women and a few asians, but it was pretty un-diverse.) By contrast Silicon Valley is incredibly diverse. It's a bit of a culture shock, honestly, but in a good way. It feels much more like grad school.
- orionblastar 11y ago
  That isn't what I said. I said the culture in Silicon Valley is not the same as the one in Ohio. I didn't say that Ohio is more diverse than Silicon Valley. In fact I said Silicon Valley has a diversity problem. The problem is that people who study computer science are mostly white males, so the people qualified for the IT jobs are mostly white males. When a company tries to hire people it goes by resume first. You can't tell someone's race on a resume. Company get like 500+ resumes week for a position and have to find a way to screen out candidates based on resume. So usually they go by type of college or university degree, like bachelors or higher or degree from a local area college or university. Then throw the rest out. Problem is when they do that they also throw out people who are a minority or female as well without understanding that they are doing so. They also screen out by key words, type of company worked for, number of years of experience, etc. Most people they don't even bother to email or call back that they didn't get the job.
  - krakensden 11y ago
    Good companies in SV are often not majority white. Failing to hire lots of the wildly qualified people of East Asian and Indian descent who live in the bay isn't a great sign.

QuercusMax 11y ago

I find it incredibly hilarious that you say Silicon Valley isn't diverse compared to Ohio. I just moved from Cleveland, where I worked at a company where almost all the developers and management were white guys from Ohio. (We had a few women and a few asians, but it was pretty un-diverse.) By contrast Silicon Valley is incredibly diverse. It's a bit of a culture shock, honestly, but in a good way. It feels much more like grad school.

orionblastar 11y ago
That isn't what I said. I said the culture in Silicon Valley is not the same as the one in Ohio. I didn't say that Ohio is more diverse than Silicon Valley. In fact I said Silicon Valley has a diversity problem. The problem is that people who study computer science are mostly white males, so the people qualified for the IT jobs are mostly white males. When a company tries to hire people it goes by resume first. You can't tell someone's race on a resume. Company get like 500+ resumes week for a position and have to find a way to screen out candidates based on resume. So usually they go by type of college or university degree, like bachelors or higher or degree from a local area college or university. Then throw the rest out. Problem is when they do that they also throw out people who are a minority or female as well without understanding that they are doing so. They also screen out by key words, type of company worked for, number of years of experience, etc. Most people they don't even bother to email or call back that they didn't get the job.
- krakensden 11y ago
  Good companies in SV are often not majority white. Failing to hire lots of the wildly qualified people of East Asian and Indian descent who live in the bay isn't a great sign.