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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by kanbara on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:04AM (#40271050)
japanese ui is often more dense and information rich. there are left to right and right to left cultures. tonnes of difference between cultures and understand of the world.
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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by skissane on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:32AM (#40272798)
Does hiring someone whose native script is “right-to-left” make a difference to the product though?

On the one hand, there are people who deeply understand the technical intricacies of Unicode BiDi yet can’t actually read Arabic or Hebrew

On the other hand, if the business doesn’t view Arabic markets (or Israel) as viable to pursue, it doesn’t matter how much you are aware of those languages, it is irrelevant to the product

And what about backend developer roles, where UI concerns like BiDi are largely a non-issue?

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