Yesterday I got an email from someone saying a Nobel laureate in Economics saw a tech talk I gave and wants to get in touch with me. So let no one ever say that I am a diversity hire or that I am non-technical.
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Behind any stigma on diversity hiring is an assumption that only white men are truly qualified. Even if you were a diversity hire how did it happen? I promise it wasn't an hr manger sticking their head out a window yelling, "Hey you with the skirt, I got quotas. Want a job?"
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wait shit are you sure 'cause I was told that is how I got *all* my jobs excepting the strip club (which is weird because that definitely WAS a dude telling me I had a skirt and he had quotas)
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You mean the dominant culture's bs assumptions about affirmative action are actually more reflective of strip club hiring than say, tech or academia? Shocked! Shocked I say!
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and then when we’re super successful they call come running but treat us as the exception that proves the rule
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It was certainly an epiphany when I worked out that as a white, straight, cis, male I was playing the game of life on Easy mode. Congrats on your success playing several levels of difficulty higher
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LOUDER FOR THE DIPSHITS IN THE BACK <3
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And there it is, the dumbest fuckin thing I’ll read today..

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I hope you’re right! But why don’t they start businesses that will spin circles around Apple, Uber, Google, Facebook, etc? We’re all waiting for these women and minorities to put their genius on display in a way we can all recognize it.
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what ? the best are better than the average joe ? incredible !! continue this way and YOU might be the nobel soon !
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The best in any profression can run circles around most of their peers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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