We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring

Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by elliekelly on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:58AM (#21700677)

Wall Street hires people from all kinds of degrees all the time (though not for the purpose of diversity). I’ve worked with fund managers who majored in Japanese history, astrophysics, a lawyer who clerked for SCOTUS, and even a former professional card counter who dropped out of college.

I thought the tech industry had pioneered the idea that a degree shouldn’t be the yard stick that all potential hires are judged against. And yet every time there’s a discussion about diversity in tech it’s the first excuse brought up. Suddenly a CS degree is a necessity.

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Re:We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline proble... by thu2111 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @11:45AM (#21703780)

Not many people get degrees in fund management, but aren't actively managed funds being increasingly seen as just dart throwing anyway?

If fund managers are on average no more lucky than just following the market then it'd stand to reason it doesn't matter what their degrees are in because they had no real skill to begin with.

My own experience of finance has been that jobs are handed out in ways and for reasons that would seem extremely lax to someone from the tech world.

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