MyShawdowySelf

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by MyShawdowySelf 2y ago
+1 It seem glaring that american as a tough time developping the potentional of people already here
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by MyShawdowySelf 2y ago
> I'm more American in attitude than most Americans I know. I am not sure what's this "American attitude" you mention here nor which scale you are using to say that you are somewhat higher on that scale vs "most&
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
I worked at FAANG andhave burned out, and i know alot of friends who also have... with varying degree of severity. I would say pretty frequent. I am not sure if the incidence of burn-out is higher for software engineer vs other profession.
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
That's fair. I guess i was hoping that the customer experience would improve naturally as in most other sectors.
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Tell HN: In 2024 dealership are still a horrible experience
2 points by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago|2 comments
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> it overwhelmingly benefitting non-URM women This is sadly a reality that is difficult to talk about. I would even go further and say that we have a tendency to benefit the "least" minority of the minority. Hiring a black or
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> This is a disingeuous point of comparison, because this is a behavior that can easily be corrected. As someone commented bellow, that's incorrect. Modern sleep science seems to indicate that people have different circadian rhythm,
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
Again... more data of 1... At my company DEI was very VERY much targeted by the layoff...
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> By this process we should just drop hiring bars altogether. I don't think the parent comment is negating the need to hiring bars. IMO two important points : 1 - DEI and hiring bars are not opposed to one another. Actually well des
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
Ok... Genuinely, if you have a point to make i am happy to hear it and discuss it.
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> Its whole premise is alleviating racism in the workplace No, as a non american living in the US i find american obsession with race fascinating. DEI is about every characteristic on which human can differ and how those difference play
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> Having actually worked at big tech companies with DEI initiatives, there have been many instances when we have had to lower the hiring bar to meet diversity requirements. Since we are throwing random samples of 1 on the internet, havin
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
I am gonna venture to guess that you never really either interacted with people from those populations. > I suggest empowering women who don’t want children to not have them. Let's first get this out of the way. The men don't w
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
West African here too. This is too simplistic, and a problem can have multiple guilty parties. There is enough blame to go around. > we, not they, commit these boys and girls to these activities, of our own volition. We can judge people
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
So your solution to not treating children baddly is to not have children? Seems a bit strange instead of just ... you know pay people a descent wage so they don't have to put they children in arms way
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
And this is what "toxic masculinity" is.
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
True, even slyzz ball can be have good argument. However, the problem about Cosby, and the general "men need to step up" crowd is that frame the issue of absent father as a moral and character issues. Never going deeper to underst
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> are incomparably worse than what men face. Hummm well i guess i am taking the bait. > How about the fact that in some countries women can't even show their hair, have the right to drive or vote? I don't want to diminish th
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by MyShawdowySelf 3y ago
> but the reasons why that's the more common case don't strike me as something to get upset about I would venture to guess that's because you are not in the socio-economical bracket where this is not just something you se