Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

Re:Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone ... by DanBC on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:12AM (#15323843)

Yes, the goal is to hire on merit. By only hiring people who look like us we're both hiring people who lack merit purely because they're white men, and failing to hire people who have merit purely because they're not white men.

The "but we want to hire on merit" argument is clearly fucking bullshit if you've ever had any involvement in recruitment and seen how flawed it is.

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Re:Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone ... by meowface on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:44PM (#15325417)

I never said people who want to hire on merit necessarily achieve their goals, just that we should actually remember the original goal and try to achieve it.

It's much harder for white men to preferentially hire white men if as much of the interview process as possible is blinded.

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