[Jabbles]

If the pushback were against corporate shallowness, you'd expect at least one comment would include a suggestion of what they could do instead.

But the comments here so far don't seem to do that, they seem to just be against this, with no alternative.

[SilasX]

Okay, then I'll give some: outreach/mentorship/internships of PoC who might never be aware of coding or have a hard time breaking down the early barriers to getting involved.

Top comment from an earlier discussion on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23501861

[taylodl]

You act like this type of mentoring isn’t being done. It is. I work for a Fortune 200 company in a city having several Fortune 500 companies and they all do this.

[SilasX]

Nice, who are the mentors it created that are opening further doors for PoC?

[taylodl]

I only see the start of the pipeline. You're right though, it'd be nice to see it all the way through in order to better understand what overall impact we're having, if any.

[bdcravens]

Additionally I think we all can do grassroots mentoring. I know the challenge is discovering a good candidate, but it's an option. Buy someone a simple laptop, and teach them from first principles. (I've seen at least person I know and respect do this on Twitter)