| > yea see I run my own business Ok, you still have zero experience in our industry, per your own words. And it shows. > I don't consider the gender or race of people applying (aka not racist/sexist) So you're ok with reinforcing any existing sexism and racism in the pipeline. I'll give you a concrete example. We have to choose a speaker for our tech conference. All else being equal the tie-breaker will be to choose the person with the most speaking experience. Can you see how you've possibly and probably just reinforced existing sexism? I would guess you cannot see it. > a subtle admission of active positive discrimination on your part Nah. I usually don't have a say about who gets into the hiring pipeline. And when I have had a say I've always talked to recruiters about qualifications not gender or race. So you got that wrong. > frankly if i was a woman maybe i would find it a little off putting that a bunch of old guys were real keen to get me under their supervision You should speak to some actual women so you can correct your bad guesses. A bunch of old guys? What makes you think they are guys or old? Keen to get someone under their supervision? You sound creepy. |
I've noticed an increased level of bigoted comments, and downvotes on progressive comments, since the middle of this year. I don't know if it's linked to reddit's stupidity, but the trolls/assholes have been more active lately.