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Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by hueving on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:06PM (#15546538)
No, the 'diversity' angle is frequently tied to things like skin color, sex, ethnicity, heritage, etc. You can have two people that match in all of those categories but one chose to go to a state school because of a family issue and then they will be ignored by Google.

This is not something any diversity program I know of in the big companies is trying to address.

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Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by peoplewindow on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:22AM (#15548367)
In the UK this would be called classism. It's the same thing but in the US setting.
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Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by ringaroundthetx on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:22PM (#15546628)
> but one chose to go to a state school because of a family issue and then they will be ignored by Google

A person with a family issue probably still has a family issue incompatible with working for a corporation across the country.

Ever think their process of selecting unencumbered elitists might be by design and super effective?

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Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by wavefunction on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:53PM (#15547061)
>probably still has a family issue

Probably? That seems to be an expansive assumption, to be charitable.

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