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Re:Ask HN: Was any Starfighter postmortem ever published? by thaumasiotes on Monday October 23, 2023 @07:51PM (#37993192)
> The FizzBuzz test came about for similar reasons in 2007 - long before government pressures for DEI quotas[1].

Government pressure for hiring quotas goes back to the 1970s.

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Re:Ask HN: Was any Starfighter postmortem ever published? by nemothekid on Monday October 23, 2023 @10:27PM (#37994261)
It's moreso I don't believe there was a ton of government pressure being applied to startups with 15 people.
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Re:Ask HN: Was any Starfighter postmortem ever published? by thaumasiotes on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:10PM (#37994482)
That's also still true today.
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