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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

• 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.