“Whiteboard coding” is stupid, but I hate the (sexist) assumption that women would be worse than men at it
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@stilkov Moving away from narrow-focussed/elitist thinking aids appealing to more genders mitpress.mit.edu/books/unloc…
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@stilkov Can't see your assumption in there. The question was about inclusivity, not what men/women are good/worse at.
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@kaeff The third bullet point in that list suggested technical ability needs to be tested differently, implying women will do worse.
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@kaeff The assumption that we need to lower any standard drives me completely crazy. Women are every bit as capable as men.
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@stilkov I agree. But I can't see where you see that is implied. Try to focus more on improving the process to avoid harmful stereotypes.
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@kaeff Again, the suggestion in that comment is to skip the whiteboard coding – maybe an excellent idea, but not related to diversity
Feb 19, 2016 · 10:49 AM UTC
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