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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by iateanapple on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:35PM (#23671829)
> In my current Fortune 500 job, I was hired for my expertise then was moved to a new team where my expertise didn’t even matter. Every issue that came up that I had qualifications for I was passed over for a lesser skilled White man

How many times do you think this happens to white people? It’s incredibly common.

I keep a “to poach” list of developers who aren’t being given the respect, challenge, title, pay etc that they deserve and at this point it’s close to 20% of the developers Ive worked with.

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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by neonate on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:07AM (#23674828)
Ok, but what's your point in bringing that up here? Both statements can easily be true.
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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by iateanapple on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:58PM (#23682949)
> Ok, but what's your point in bringing that up here?

To foster solidarity amongst the working class.

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