Look, tech problem isn't just discrimination against women+minorities. It's hostility to ESSENTIAL skills that/because many engineers lack.
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It's 2017. How can an adult confidently argue that one gender has more empathy and collaboration AND is thus less suited to tech industry?


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this is one of the funnier angles to me. implicit idea is that SW engineering is so hard that very subtle biological effects mark the divide
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Lots of people in tech seem to think they are smart in all domains, not just in their little domain.
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And that goes for all sides involved in the last few days. Oh great, you know code, tell me all about social issues and politics.
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Don’t all industries/occupation groups fit that description?
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No. Teachers have to develop a vast toolbox for multiple quickly changing situations. Expertise and people skills.
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Dunning-Kruger strike again. I swear any number of these people don't even recognize social skills as a facet of human capability.
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And contrast to the medical fields, which address interpersonal skills explicitly.pic.twitter.com/OL2lhl9WC8
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Because HIRING in tech is dominated by people with the prejudice that older generalists who have seen similar tech come and go are useless.
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As usual, Germans have a word for it: Fachidiot.
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