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Re:First Round Capital Open Application for Startups by nrb on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @06:31PM (#9424007)
Are you for real? Diversity isn't achieved my ticking checkboxes next to each race or nationality.
Re:First Round Capital Open Application for Startups by ejstronge on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @06:43PM (#9424054)
Totally agree with you.

But, the current makeup of the team (presumably) indicates that the hiring process didn't rely on venues where other nationalities/races predominate. You might respond that the team hired the best candidates available - which could indeed be true - but GP's point is worth raising, if inelegantly phrased.

Re:First Round Capital Open Application for Startups by notsony on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @07:24PM (#9424207)
Why not? What's wrong with a campaign wanting "more Asian males in leadership roles instead of non-client-facing engineering roles"?

Isn't that why Intel has put $300 million into diversity hiring[1]?

Isn't that why we have campaigns like "Black girls can code"?

Isn't that what Ellen Pao is trying to do at Reddit[2]

> She has eliminated salary negotiations from the hiring process because women often end up fairing worse in terms of pay. She has hired a well-known diversity consultant to advise Reddit. She has passed over candidates who are not committed to gender and racial diversity, according to the interview.

[1] http://fortune.com/2015/01/12/intel-diversity/ [2] http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-...