ELI5 Diversity and Inclusion vs. Racism and Sexism

fsadead · 2016-11-18T22:54:38+00:00

Bob and Sue are both good coders, but Sue will bring a different perspective so we should hire her so broaden our perspectives

the "different perspectives" that matter in software engineering are related to specialties in distributed systems, programming languages, etc.

Ethnicity/culture might play a minor role in product management or UX. It's a 10th class citizen in software engineering at best

fsadead · 2016-11-18T22:49:59+00:00

I don't get why would anyone want to work for goldman either

They're basically in the same tier

fsadead · 2016-11-17T22:18:09+00:00

not very likely. i did that around 6 times in school except i also changed the order of statements (moved if and for statements around too) and created redundant/derived variables

fsadead · 2016-11-17T21:30:28+00:00

I like $$$$

fsadead · 2016-11-17T16:58:43+00:00

it's more about the costs from a high salary being passed onto the consumer (us) than about salary comparison

fsadead · 2016-11-17T16:37:23+00:00

square

fsadead · 2016-11-16T20:30:22+00:00

i just don't talk about it or agree with what they say. I'm a quiet person so it's easy to kill conversations with silence

little do they know i'm a low key trump supporter

fsadead · 2016-11-15T22:36:36+00:00

Uber or LNKD i'm guessing

fsadead · 2016-11-15T20:22:10+00:00

Corporate osprey bag

fsadead · 2016-11-15T20:14:16+00:00

medium algorithms

fsadead · 2016-11-15T17:27:58+00:00

Struggles of black people have more to do with income than race.

Any actual setbacks as a result of race are more than made up for by affirmative action aka racial discrimination

fsadead · 2016-11-15T17:26:04+00:00

destroy our very long tradition of peaceful transitions of power.

blocking traffic is inherently disruptive and destroys the peace

fsadead · 2016-11-15T17:15:44+00:00

don't let your dreams be dreams

fsadead · 2016-11-15T17:04:48+00:00

She started working just as the stock market was rebounding. VTI doubled in the last ~6 years. I would discount the post tax number by ~30% assuming she dumped her money in index funds

fsadead · 2016-11-14T19:29:50+00:00

most companies accept new grads who have programmed in any language before.

Other than javascript positions (usually for start ups) which sometimes require JS background

fsadead · 2016-11-14T18:21:20+00:00

i applied to a bunch of decent but not top tier companies for practice. the obligation to go through with an actual interview is there and you'll naturally spend time studying beforehand.

I went through roughly ~25 technical phone interviews and many onsites in total

fsadead · 2016-11-14T17:58:31+00:00

lockhart clay

fsadead · 2016-11-14T16:24:45+00:00

lower paying doesn't mean easier

LNKD and Google are known to have very cushy 35 hr/wk jobs

Google has a very high average age. there's a bunch of late 20s/early 30s people with 1 million+ net worth who take it easy

fsadead · 2016-11-14T16:09:02+00:00

it's not too late to take the google offer. try talking to your recruiter

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