Re:Meritocracy and Discrimination in Tech
by yummyfajitas on Sunday February 17, 2013 @08:22AM
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We see 2:1 male to female ratios all the time, and no one bats an eye. But when it gets flipped we need to figure out why?
Simple probability. A 2:1 male environment is completely reasonable in a gender neutral process, whereas a 2:1 female environment is exceedingly unlikely to occur under such a process.
Having worked with Kamens, including interviewing the same candidates, I can't even entertain the idea that the interviews were rigged in some way, which is you abhorrent implication.
We see 2:1 male to female ratios all the time, and no one bats an eye. But when it gets flipped we need to figure out why?
Regardless of how it came to be, this is a win for our industry, as it sets an example that the numbers don't need to be so heavily skewed towards men.