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Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by savethefuture on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:07PM (#14960686)
From the post:

But, could it possibly be that, we don't get to 50% of female employees in tech because, at present, they generally show less interest in those disciplines and are therefore less represented? No? Why should we aim to get to a 50% proportion if the proportion in the pool we are picking from is not even close to that? And why would 50% be a target anyway? The target should be to ensure that good people are hired and that they are able to work well together, regardless of the minority they might be in.

I think tech giants try hard to get that part right and to ensure that discriminations do not happen. Maybe the problem lies somewhere else: universities, or even at a younger age, in families (no we all know education has nothing to do with that kind of thing). Or maybe we could look at marketing and role models in our society. Maybe we just need time to let numbers even out, maybe there isn't even a problem to begin with, because females might actually be 5 times less likely to be naturally interested in tech. Who knows?

Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by rhizome on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:07PM (#14961388)
Of course what they leave out is any justification for prioritizing the demographics of the hiring pool over the demographics of Google's customers. The universe as we know it is essentially 50/50 male-female.
Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by neo4sure on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:04PM (#14961944)
Do you have a data and sources on who Google customers are? I bet according to you most of them are Males?
Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by rhizome on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:18PM (#14963921)
Google's customer base is "everybody."
Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by chronic8k on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:40PM (#14961082)
> Maybe we just need time to let numbers even out, maybe there isn't even a problem to begin with, because females might actually be 5 times less likely to be naturally interested in tech. Who knows?

No, no. Google clearly knows. That's why they are going for 50/50.

Re:Valid points in the Google manifesto have been totally ig... by savethefuture on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:53PM (#14961229)
It is beautiful, politically correct logic is eating its self.