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Black IT Pros On (Lack Of) Racial Diversity In Tech 459

Nerval's Lobster writes While pundits and analysts debate about diversity in Silicon Valley, one thing is very clear: Black Americans make up a very small percentage of tech workers. At Facebook, Google, and Yahoo, that number is a bit less than 2 percent of their respective U.S. workforces; at Apple, it's closer to 7 percent. Many executives and pundits have argued that the educational pipeline remains one of the chief impediments to hiring a more diverse workforce, and that as long as universities aren't recruiting a broader mix of students for STEM degrees, the corporate landscape will suffer accordingly. But black IT entrepreneurs and professionals tell Dice that the problem goes much deeper than simply widening the pipeline; they argue that racial bias, along with lingering impressions of what a 'techie' should look like, loom much larger than any pipeline issue.

Comment Re:I remember (Score 2) 231

I love how the members of one party think they do no wrong and solemnly believe everything bad stems only from the opposing party. It seems as though only recently are people seeing the truth... behind every good deed is countless horrible deeds. Swallow the red pill or tbe blue, either way you end up asleep.

Comment Re:Ironic. (Score 1) 580

I don't have actual experience, but I'm pretty sure as long as you can compartmentalize thoughts sufficiently, you'll probably pass the poly easy. Hear the question, don't listen to it, don't break it down, don't analyze it, and keep your mind away from your answer and why you're saying what you're about to say, and just say it. I feel the danger lies with if you start to slip up with the compartmentalizing technique and you accidently "think" on the question and/or answer even for a fraction of a second - my guess is, these are what cause those little needles to register spikes. I tried to make it very clear, I have no actual experience, this is all just a guess.

Comment Terribly flawed method (Score 1) 580

From a reliable source I can also say that you can fail out from reasonable mistaken discrepancies. You see, tbe length of tbe questionarre is no coincidence. They dont want you to be able to recall what you put down as an answer originally and if you originally said you had moved 4 times in the last 10 years and during the poly you remembered a 5th move, and simply just forgotten originally, and you later say 5.... will easily disqualify you. Their method is flawed and im sure they've disqualified potentially amazing would-be agents over ridiculously stupid technicalities.

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