Did blind orchestra auditions benefit women?

Re:Did blind orchestra auditions benefit women? by viraptor on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:34AM (#19891781)

I'd invert this: why would a man-only team ever be a desirable situation? Normally if you have enough people, you should get fairly close to common ratio in numbers. If you end up with men only (or any X-only), it may be an indicator that there's something unhealthy about the company culture.

Following from that, it may be in your interest as a hiring person to bootstrap some diversity to remove that "unhealthy" idea early on.

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Re:Did blind orchestra auditions benefit women? by bubblewrap on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:25PM (#19893904)

What is "common ratio"? Men only teams can actually have advantages. Mixed teams can have different advantages.

One advantage I could imagine is mixed teams making the company more attractive for men to work at, making it easier to attract talented developers.

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Re:Did blind orchestra auditions benefit women? by viraptor on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:56PM (#19895664)

I meant ratio of available engineers in the market. Not as a specific number, but more of lacking any representation if you have 100+ employees.

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