: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Foundation says it won’t compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would’ve really helped

  • Cruel@programming.dev
    26·
    10 days ago

    Yeah, but your code will be culturally one-sided! You need diverse coding practices, like three-space indentation!

    My favorite was companies like IBM setting a goal for 50% female engineering representation even though barely 20% of the respective college grads were female. Like, they’re just blatantly picking from a smaller pool, making it statistically inevitable that they’re bypassing more qualified people.

    But people here evidently support this sort of gender/race based discrimination. 🤷

    • meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Cultural bias for indentation styles, lol. Your math checks out though, statistics say women earn about 20-25% of CS/engineering degrees so if companies set a 50% target then they’re either:

      • Hiring less qualified people to hit quotas
      • Poaching talent from competitors (zero-sum game)
      • Living in fantasy land