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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by Danihan on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:48PM (#15022337)
Yep, the vast majority of things in this article that the interviewees said they "disagree with" are things the author never said.
Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by mehwoot on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:09PM (#15024189)
talking about how the author said women are less suited to being good engineers

Quote from the memo: "I'm simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ"

Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by dymk on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @11:14PM (#15024681)
This again? The memo is out in the open for you to read.

> "Women, on average, have more:" > - "Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance). This may contribute to the higher levels of anxiety women report on Googlegeist and to the lower number of women in high stress jobs" > - "Extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness. Also, higher agreeableness" > - "Openness directed towards feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas. Women generally also have a stronger interest in people rather than things, relative to men..." (Ironically, this is a good thing for an engineer to have)

Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo by UK-AL on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:25AM (#15026087)
Aren't all of these part of the Big Five personality traits that psychologists use to discuss differences?