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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: 0.2s | 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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tcmart14 ◴[01 May 23 15:44 UTC] No.35774472[source]▶
I wouldn't waste me breath. These claims tend to come from people who are, "I didn't get hired because I am a white male." I've been on tons of interviews and have gotten tons of rejection and never once has a company told me its because I didn't fit their demographic or was a white male. But these people will claim that. In reality, they just think they have sunshine coming out of their asses and need an excuse to justify their hurt ego.
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1. seanmcdirmid ◴[01 May 23 18:31 UTC] No.35777089[source]▶
They would never say that, and it could always be "we have too many white guys already, we want some more diversity instead!" But in my experience, it only seems to be used as a tie breaker, companies will mostly go for best professional fit before they consider anything else.