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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by BurningFrog on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:51PM (#22394137)
This kind of question can be heard as a dogwhistle for

"Are you a leftist? We only hire leftists."

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by deanCommie on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:49AM (#22397835)
That's true, in our industry it seems that only leftists aren't assholes.

So if you don't want to hire assholes who think "diversity" is a dog whistle, you hire leftists.

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by BurningFrog on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:57AM (#22397899)
You seem real inclusive :)
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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by deanCommie on Sunday February 23, 2020 @02:55PM (#22399118)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

Inclusivity does not mean having to include those that would exclude others.

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by BurningFrog on Sunday February 23, 2020 @08:24PM (#22400849)
I don't mind excluding the odd violent extremist.

But if you exclude all non leftists, that's about 2/3 of all Americans. And that looks very tribal to the rest of us.

The mandatory brilliant essay on this: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin...

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by deanCommie on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:36PM (#22401439)
How much of that 2/3 is college educated in the software industry, and is technically competent enough to pass the bar at Google?

But that's being overly provocative.

Ultimately this started with you saying that a question about diversity could be heard by some as a dog whistle that only leftists are welcome.

I simply don't agree with that premise. I do think there is a percentage of people who think diversity is a left-only issue, but I don't think that's 2/3rd of Americans. Then again, Donald Trump hovers around 50% approval rating regardless of what he does, so maybe I have too high an opinion of Americans.

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