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Re:Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring by fwadfka on Friday July 15, 2016 @12:18PM (#12102057)
> * Percent of CS college graduates that are black: 11.5%

The number I got for 2015 was 2.5% (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12101868)

One of the key sources of this difference is whether you count "Information" degrees as CS. My number doesn't include information degrees and yours does.

Re:Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring by scott00 on Friday July 15, 2016 @01:06PM (#12102385)
That's definitely an interesting difference. Do you think excluding Information degrees results in a more relevant number? If so, why?
Re:Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring by fwadfka on Friday July 15, 2016 @01:47PM (#12102670)
People with CS degrees tend to be the ones building new software. Information degrees vary a lot, but tend to have decreased math requirements and be more focused on the application of technology. As a software engineer working in the bay area, I have seen hundreds of engineers with CS degrees and zero engineers with information degrees - in my experience there is a stark difference, and I would be surprised and interested if the data showed otherwise.
Re:Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring by MollyR on Friday July 15, 2016 @01:57PM (#12102724)
Just to add an anecdote, Most of the companies I've worked for screen out non CS degree's except for exceptional portfolios. Not sure how wide spread this is.