The most prized degree in India became the most worthless

Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by red_admiral on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:47PM (#23168817)

"Fair" can mean a lot of things. If you asked three people to define fairness, you'd get at least three definitions, and I can think of some definitions that would indeed have a business purpose; I can also think of some that wouldn't.

An example of something that would serve a business purpose: widening the potential target market. Of course if your company is producing maternity wear then you probably don't want to aim for a gender-balanced customer base. But in general, increasing the size of your taget market can serve a business purpose.

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by core-questions on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:17PM (#23181360)

There's no reason to assume that a diverse (read: non-white) group is required in order to market to a diverse audience. Plenty of 100% Chinese companies manage to market to everyone in America via Amazon etc. every day. Will there be some requirement or even some business advantage to them to hire diversely?

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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by JAlexoid on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:58PM (#23188756)

I can't see much practical value for diversity based on skin pigmentation intensity, in software engineering. (There's a good amount of research for gender diversity, though)

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