Re:To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided
by dane-pgp on Monday November 23, 2020 @12:47AM
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As a single data point, this is interesting: "GitHub's ElectronConf postponed because all the talks (selected through an unbiased, blind review process) were to be given by men."[0]
What's interesting, I suppose, is not that the selected speakers were all men (which could have happened by random chance), but the reaction by the conference organisers to that fact.
[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/6f8u2s/githubs_...
This one says it doesn't: https://www.pmc.gov.au/news-centre/domestic-policy/beta-repo...
> What we found is that de-identifying applications at the shortlisting stage does not appear to assist in promoting diversity within the Australian Public Service (APS) in hiring. Overall, APS officers discriminated in favour of female and minority candidates. The practical impact is that, if implemented, de-identification may frustrate diversity efforts.