throwawaygender

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   by throwawaygender 8y ago

   I agree with this but the $30k could've also gotten hires of a higher quality ignoring gender considering the larger pipeline. Also see my other reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18210856
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   by throwawaygender 8y ago

   For nicer numbers, assume the bar is top 10% and you have a budget for 10 new hires. Looking at 1000 people, there are 70 men and 30 women who are above the bar, from which you can pick 5 men and 5 women. But these 10 are still not the top
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   by throwawaygender 8y ago

   > We achieved a 50% ratio not by lowering our standards or by discriminating against men To use a oversimplified model, assume everyone can be perfectly linearly ranked. The gender ratio is skewed towards men at the top purely due to pip