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551 points adrianhon | 1 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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laurex ◴[08 Apr 24 19:34 UTC] No.39972922[source]▶
It’s not just that she overcame odds as a woman in the tech business that amazes, but that she was so clearly someone who cared about people, and chose to risk her business and reputation more than once to stay true to her values. That’s perhaps even more rare in this industry than being a successful female CEO.
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ThomPete ◴[08 Apr 24 19:54 UTC] No.39973092[source]▶
there are no odds as a woman in the tech business. The tech industry is on of the most inclusive industries because it measures talent and value creation not features no one can do anything about
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worik ◴[08 Apr 24 20:03 UTC] No.39973162[source]▶
> tech industry is on of the most inclusive industries because it...

Where have you been?

That ignoring history

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DontchaKnowit[dead post] ◴[08 Apr 24 21:17 UTC] No.39973825[source]▶
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worik ◴[08 Apr 24 23:33 UTC] No.39974780[source]▶
> Every tech company on the planet is tripping over themselves to hire/promote more minorities

That is because of the problems than have been mounting in tech because people only hired people that looked like them.

I do not understand what the problem is with DEI. (I am not in the USA, perhaps I am missing out). Making sure that no one is left behind, because they were over looked, seems like a good thing to me.

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1. DontchaKnowit ◴[09 Apr 24 14:39 UTC] No.39979945[source]▶
Yeah, I absolutely agree. The problem is that DEI programs are actually just hiring speakers 40 grand a pop to come tell me about all the ways I am racist without even realizing it just for being white. Literally skipping a meeting about microaggressions as we speak.

It is useless marketing bullshit that serves only to enrich the race grifters that plague our society.

(I will say this is a bit of an extreme take, there are definitely genuine DEI people, probably some effective DEI programs, etc, but by and large, as an industry [which it is] it is completely shiesty)