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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by chrisseaton on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:22PM (#29282687)
Getting into tech and getting a great-paying job is achievable and realistic for anyone from any background, right now. It's completely unregulated, there's no gatekeeping outside of factual knowledge, and people are actively encouraging diverse applicants with non-traditional educational backgrounds. Even if the experience for these people is not always as good as it could be, the community is trying.

Getting into finance is not even remotely like this. It's a brutal old-boys' club.

That's why they recommend the former. You'd have to be insane to recommend that most people try to break into finance.

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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by Iefthandrule on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:11PM (#29283252)
The point being made is that finance is far more exclusionary and racist/sexist than tech, but tech gets all the articles written about it. The onus would be on those with power to change hiring in finance, much like the big tech companies are tasked with making tech more inclusive.
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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by shalmanese on Friday November 19, 2021 @06:09PM (#29283763)
Finance has plenty of articles written about it but you don't see them because that's not a part of your media diet. Finance has made some pretty significant strides to diversify post 2008 due to public pressure.
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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by Iefthandrule on Friday November 19, 2021 @11:47PM (#29285638)
Do you have any evidence from your media diet? I see recent articles over the past year that it isn't successful in diversifying.
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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by chrisseaton on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:18PM (#29283324)
Tech gets all the articles written about trying to change it, because it's easier and more impactful to change so that's what people are trying right now.
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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by MisterPea on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:41PM (#29283569)
I think the point is the articles are often extremely derisive and therefore hypocritical when finance or <insert any other high-paying industry> companies don't receive the same attention if at all
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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:20AM (#29286222)
I worked in finance, racial composition there is similar to tech these days. Hint: white is in the minority.
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