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Re:How Lever (YC S12) Got to 50–50 Women and Men by anonemu on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:27PM (#13396873)
Seems like bullshit. As someone who's been doing a lot of interviewing recently the ratio of male to female SDE candidates is at least 10:1. If we assume that ability is uniformly distributed there is literally no way to get to a 50:50 split or anywhere close to it without discrimination.
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Re:How Lever (YC S12) Got to 50–50 Women and Men by geofft on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:26AM (#13399091)
If you believe that ability is uniformly distributed, and you're getting a 10:1 ratio of men to women, 9/10 of the men who apply are unqualified. Men are known to apply to jobs they're not qualified for way more than women do.

I have also been doing a lot of interviewing recently and that number seems about right.

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