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by jasode
3174 days ago
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>original: Your code will be exercised by 125,000 events every second, >revised: your contributions will be exercised by more than fifty billion events per day Why does 125 * 10^3 vs 50 * 10^9 influence diversity hiring? The scientific study the blog references does not mention anything about altering numerical figures (such as altering a numerator from 3 zeroes to 9 zeroes) to be more inclusive. Also, why is "code" a taboo word for inclusiveness? Here's female Ginni Rometty using the phrase "lines of code".[1] Another female (also a non-programmer) Mary Barra using the phrase "lines of code".[2] [1] "New cars today have 100 million lines of code": https://www.ibm.com/ibm/ginni/01_06_2016.html [2] “A car today has hundreds of millions of lines of code,” : http://www.triplepundit.com/2017/07/gm-boosts-stem-education... |
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https://www.girlcodethebook.com/
One of the girls there describes her expectation of coding as coming from Hollywood: indecipherable zeroes and ones, weird symbols, all very fast-paced. When she saw that it was just "System.out.println()" to make something appear on the screen, she realised how much more mundane this all was.
I guess this sort of suggests that "code" is some kind of secret, difficult thing, which may be off-putting to some people. I agree that most people wouldn't balk at the word "code", but if you can make even fewer people balk, why not do it? The worst that can happen is that you broaden your search and get more people applying for your job.