I've been spending the break living in a fantasy world that takes place in a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Of course, my enjoyment of it, after getting through Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and halfway through Fallout 4 is ruined by our dear Trumpenfuhrer's attempts to make a world nearly destroyed by nuclear war real.
Getting back to the point, the Google employee's manifesto starts out with some sexist and disproven points, then goes on to accuse Google of bias against conservatives and wonders through one or more unrelated points before getting to the point where they might be able to address the problems with the pay gap in tech. This assumes, of course, that the only reason for the paygap is his assumption that women are less likely to bargain for raises. (I'm paraphrasing *his* words. Please don't jump on me for this.)
He suggests pairing men and women together to improve software quality and promoting the pair as a team, or at least I think he does. Such a setup might work, but it'd cause numerous other problems.
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Date: 2017-08-11 06:48 pm (UTC)Getting back to the point, the Google employee's manifesto starts out with some sexist and disproven points, then goes on to accuse Google of bias against conservatives and wonders through one or more unrelated points before getting to the point where they might be able to address the problems with the pay gap in tech. This assumes, of course, that the only reason for the paygap is his assumption that women are less likely to bargain for raises. (I'm paraphrasing *his* words. Please don't jump on me for this.)
He suggests pairing men and women together to improve software quality and promoting the pair as a team, or at least I think he does. Such a setup might work, but it'd cause numerous other problems.