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I’m an Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader and I’m Sick of Our Approach to Diversity

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Icedcool ◴[14 Aug 17 16:50 UTC] No.15010185[source]▶
"In the name of diversity, when we fill quotas to check boxes, we fuck it up for the genuinely amazing women in tech."

Awesome. A plea towards hiring based on quality, rather than quotas.

Towards a group that is judged by the content and quality of their character rather than some of the variation of an attempt to combat discrimination through discrimination.

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1. jmull ◴[14 Aug 17 17:51 UTC] No.15010754[source]▶
That's great, but that's a non-solution.

We've been going down the path where virtually everyone agrees people ought to be hired and promoted based on merit, yet we have an industry rife with harassment, various -isms, and discrimination.

I'm pretty sure quotas are not the answer, but offering up the tried and failed idea that we should all just stop being bad is rather pathetic, in my opinion. In any case, I think we can expect it to work as well as it ever has.

Edit: minor typo