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Mormons Make Great FBI Recruits

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80 points churchill | 1 comments | 01 May 23 13:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mkl95 ◴[01 May 23 14:40 UTC] No.35773392[source]▶
Sounds a bit like the "cultural fit" narrative that has been used by some FAANG companies to prefer people from certain ethnicities
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GreedClarifies ◴[01 May 23 14:58 UTC] No.35773674[source]▶
Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
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7speter ◴[01 May 23 15:03 UTC] No.35773769[source]▶
As someone who is seemingly not from a preferred racial demo, I know exactly what this person is talking about.
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GreedClarifies ◴[01 May 23 15:09 UTC] No.35773867[source]▶
Really?

Tech was predominantly white (as was the US) in the 70s, by the 90s Asians and Indians were over represented.

I'll submit this is prima facie evidence that tech was (and is to some degree) highly meritocratic, and more so than any other large portion of the economy.

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1. dryrun ◴[01 May 23 15:45 UTC] No.35774483[source]▶
Or an example that time changes, the same way banking or agriculture or pretty much anything used to be some way until we discovered that this or that way resulted in more performance or ROI?

I don't deny your view, and I agree that it may be a little more meritocratic, but maybe not endeudamiento anymore.