Re:Diversity in tech: still an issue in 2013?
by mattpointblank on Friday January 04, 2013 @03:35AM
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Hi, article author here.
I did state in the blogpost that I know Andrew is a good chap and I respect him and his intentions, and I don't for a minute think he set out to make this event 100% male. My issue is in his response to my challenge on it, and the lack of acknowledgement by the organisers that an 100% male lineup isn't ideal.
I also find it quite hard to believe that amongst companies like Google and Facebook, there aren't enough highly-qualified female/minority devs who could've spoken. And besides, the speaker roster isn't exclusive to those three companies, either.
thanks!
Re:Diversity in tech: still an issue in 2013?
by jayzalowitz on Sunday January 06, 2013 @02:23PM
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I dont disagree about paragraph 3, what I am saying is the very specific, very fast mobile serving technology experts may have very few women, or at least few who wish to travel to london.
Re:Diversity in tech: still an issue in 2013?
by felideon on Thursday January 03, 2013 @10:43PM
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Not to turn this into an entire drama[1] or to single Andrew out, but if he is so awesome, why the arrogant "I don't feel need to defend this" response?
[1] Not that sexism/racism/*-ism should be taken lightly.
Because he has more important things to do than argue with peasants?
http://sebastianmarshall.com/arguing-with-peasants-shows-a-l...
I used to work at the ft, and spent a good deal of time dealing with the labs division.
Andrew probably went out of his way to ask for diversity, seriously, he is awesome like that.
I think the issue may be time constraints and the fact that within 3 companies, no females/minorities/etc offered to speak and had the relevant high level of expertise.