“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”

Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by icelancer on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:55PM (#27000591)

>> AKA mostly white, males programming in potentially biased features.

Compared to the US population, white people are significantly underrepresented [0] in US software development jobs and overrepresented by Asians. "Most" is technically true at > 50% but it is hardly reflective of US racial demographics.

sources:

https://www.zippia.com/software-engineer-jobs/demographics/

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219

[0]: as are black and hispanic people

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by secondcoming on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:04PM (#27001301)

Your data has no place here

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by nathanielks on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:03PM (#27001292)

That's a distinction without a difference as white people still make up the majority.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by LunaSea on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:44AM (#27005151)

So you're against equal representation?

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