Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by tiles on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:54PM
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Arguing the biological factors make a meaningful difference in engineering feels like arguing for vim or emacs makes for a better engineer, or Windows vs. Mac users, or Chrome vs Firefox. Even if you use a computer differently just considering how broad the field of engineering is, I cannot imagine a case where biological factors are a more likely predictor of success than plain old institutional bias.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by mr_spothawk on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:37AM
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> the biological factors make a meaningful difference in engineering feels like arguing for vim or emacs makes for a better engineer
the author wasn't suggesting they make better engineers, just that they make different career choices than pursuing engineering