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305 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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LightHugger ◴[03 Apr 25 13:24 UTC] No.43569267[source]▶
> Some people have criticized that their company culture of libertarianism sometimes takes precedence over other important values including equity and inclusion.

To push for equity is to discriminate and dehumanize people, so it's certainly good that valve does not put this value ahead of anything else let alone allow them to take precedence over taking care of their customer base. They are perfectly inclusive as well, though they are not "inclusive", the kind where they discriminate against people on the basis of race to please some misguided quotas.

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michaelsshaw ◴[03 Apr 25 13:42 UTC] No.43569505[source]▶
It's crazy that, according to people like you, we've always been doing merit-based hiring and still the computer workforce is disproportionately white and male. Nothing fishy there at all.
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1. johnnyanmac ◴[03 Apr 25 14:54 UTC] No.43570665[source]▶
Tbf if your graduating class is 89% male, and your declared tech majors are 80% male, the issue isn't necessarily on the workforce. It's clear we need to start much earlier in exposing tech to potential other audiences.

But the US hates teachers (and now, education Nas a whole) and can't think long term anymore. So these are merely pipe dreams as of now.

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2. TehCorwiz ◴[03 Apr 25 15:39 UTC] No.43571299[source]▶
There are factors that affect the education pipeline as well. Representation can make it appear as if some groups aren't welcome. Read about the Scully effect to see how simple representation (in fiction no less!) changed the number of women who grew up watching the X-Files who chose a field of science. Harassment during education has caused candidates to change majors. I've seen this one happen IRL to a friend. She ended up pursuing her software dev career independently of a college degree because the environment was so toxic.

The problem isn't just hiring, but helping hiring will help with the other two by addressing those cultural problems.