Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired'

Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by darkerside on Sunday June 28, 2020 @03:46PM (#23671506)

Thanks for speaking up. I don't know how to fix any of this, but I do know that we need to value each other's experiences, and that can't happen without us sharing them for what they are.

Hard as it is for you, and easy as it is to say for me, I do believe your uncomfortable experiences are changing things for the better. Every VC that hurries out of a room may not have invested in your company, but you just pushed a commit to their mental blockchain that will stick with them forever. Another promising young black entrepreneur is going to get his (or her) shot _because_ you didn't get yours.

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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by solzhenitsyn on Sunday June 28, 2020 @05:37PM (#23672267)

Do you want equal opportunities or equal outcomes? One does not beget the other.

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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by darkerside on Sunday June 28, 2020 @07:49PM (#23672976)

I don't believe either is possible. Life is way too complicated to guarantee anything. But I think everyone agrees we should strive to correct significant levels of unfairness in either opportunity or outcome. We just may disagree on what constitutes significance.

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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by AlexTWithBeard on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:16AM (#23674883)

We generally want equal opportunities, but alas that sometimes produces unacceptable outcomes.

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