[ripb]

There are more women than men in employment in the US, where is the daily articles on that? And the effort to tackle that? And the constant shaming of companies that employ more women than men?

There are 1.4x the amount of women graduating college than men. Where are the daily articles on that massive issue? Where is the effort to do something about that? Where is the constant headlines on how many more women are graduating than men, put in a very negative light as the lack of quote underlined "diversity" in the tech industry is?

This absolute, unrelenting and incredibly transparent (tech = money, status currently) narrative being sharted at everyone in the tech industry on a daily basis is driving me toward getting out of it altogether.

But hey, lets ignore some massive issues on the table in favour of constantly debating why women who never showed an interest in the industry can't pick and choose the finest and most well paid positions in that industry and see where that gets society in 10 years' time.

[Fomite]

There have been a vast slew of articles on the problem of male unemployment, and particularly the problem of the unemployment rate in minority males, who got hit particularly hard by the recession and have not seen those jobs come back. Around the recession this was all over the news.

Higher education has also been tackling the issue of getting men into college, and keeping them there until graduation. As has primary and secondary education, asking questions like what it takes to get boys to read more, and the effects of having mostly female teachers.

That you have to ask where they are suggests to me that you haven't looked very hard.

And the assumption that you cannot tackle multiple issues at the same time, worrying about both diversity in tech and unemployment in men, is simply false.

[krschultz]

This absolute, unrelenting and incredibly transparent (tech = money, status currently) narrative being sharted at everyone in the tech industry on a daily basis is driving me toward getting out of it altogether.

It's not being thrown at the tech industry. It's people within the industry calling out the problem that we have. It's very telling that you think of the industry as a community under siege.

[ripb]

>It's not being thrown at the tech industry. It's people within the industry calling out the problem that we have. It's very telling that you think of the industry as a community under siege.

Actually, the vast majority of it is being carried out by people on the fringe of the industry in roles as "journalists" and similar who've never spent a day working within it.

And yes, I see the tech industry as being under siege.