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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by hellisothers on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @11:28PM (#21699584)
I agree, 50% is probably an unreasonable goal, I could maybe even see arguing that any percent based goal is a bad goal. The goal should be “enough so those who are feeling disenfranchised don’t anymore” but that might be too squishy :)
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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by qbaqbaqba on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:04AM (#21700705)
>feeling

Good luck with that. People who profit exploiting "gender gap" like bootcamps, hr firms, speaker agencies, will never be happy.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by weberc2 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @11:48PM (#21699672)
That’s a laudable goal, and to that end I imagine it would do a world of good to stop the constant exaggeration of how disenfranchised those groups are (NOTE that I’m not saying these groups are fully enfranchised, only that the disenfranchisement is exaggerated). At some point, advertising tech as a bunch of rapey, Nazi frat bros is probably more offputting than whatever discrimination actually exists. Let’s ditch the boogeyman and see what happens.
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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by smartasspolice on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:49PM (#21726316)
The numbers don't exaggerate.
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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by weberc2 on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:58PM (#21726868)
You’re right: they don’t. They tell us the progressives are exaggerating.
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