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Re:Etsy Wants to Give Female Programmers $5,000 to Attend Ha... by michaelcampbell on Saturday April 07, 2012 @03:48PM (#3811917)
If they're not better, why incent them to be hired at the expense of others? Or is the argument that diversity is better just because it is?
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Re:Etsy Wants to Give Female Programmers $5,000 to Attend Ha... by GiraffeNecktie on Sunday April 08, 2012 @08:42AM (#3813705)
Yes. Actually that's exactly it. Diversity is good for the workplace, good for the community, and good for the bottom line.
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Re:Etsy Wants to Give Female Programmers $5,000 to Attend Ha... by michaelcampbell on Friday April 13, 2012 @12:31PM (#3837522)
I'm not disputing that, because I have no data to back up a dispute. Is there data on the positive side?
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