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by jee_accnt 9y ago
ok, you were right.
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
"Who says we need 50% women in tech?" Women being underrepresented in tech is usually cited as an example of sexism in the system. The implication is that there needs to be equal representation for there to be no bias.
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
Using computers and wanting to understand computers are completely different interests. How about this. Doctors are more interested in people. Engineers are more interested in machines. Of course, as one becomes a manager, they deal with pe
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
He did mention that he is not denying diversity is important or that sexism exists. And the biological differences he mentioned are "POSSIBLE non-bias causes of the gender gap in tech". His entire argument seems to be that we shou
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
"For men, no one ever expects those differences to limit what they can do" Actually there are plenty of fields and jobs that are considered feminine. And where men are underrepresented and underpaid. A study has shown that with th
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
At this point, firing him would be a huge PR mistake for Google.
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
"Women are not as discouraged from entering fields like biology, or medicine. These are just as technical and difficult as other STEM fields" It is not about being difficult. Biology and medicine require a vastly different kind of
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
Not gonna defend any harassment but this one's just nitpicking. He made a joke. I see him as the real life version of Erlich Bachman or Russ Hanneman from Silicon Valley. He is inappropriate, which is what makes him more likable (to so
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by jee_accnt 9y ago
You make it sound like they are not providing any real value, but Palantir has lead to multiple arrests, and some claim, even helped in finding Osama. The complain seems to be that they are overpriced, not useless. Also, there is nothing wr