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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by westwing on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:39PM (#25305295)
Most companies don't care about diversity of any kind for any reason besides PR. Every hiring manager knows that the most productive engineering teams are made up of 100% Asian cis-male Libertarians.

Diversity in terms of measurable metrics, such as women/minorities/LGBT++ being adequately represented, is simply a benchmark that can be paraded around for appeasement purposes.

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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by echelon on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:45PM (#25305384)
> Every hiring manager knows that the most productive engineering teams are made up of 100% Asian cis-male Libertarians.

What the hell. How can you say that with a straight face?

Of the two best engineers I know, one is is black and the other is trans. They're both 10x engineers.

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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by throwaway0a5e on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:08PM (#25305641)
I thought it was sarcasm.

Poe's law likely applies here.

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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by westwing on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:04PM (#25305600)
> How can you say that with a straight face?

I didn't.

> They're both 10x engineers.

https://medium.com/@yuval.idan5/the-10x-engineer-myth-is-wro...

https://sparktoro.com/blog/belief-in-the-mythical-10x-hire-h...

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