I'm sorry. I'm not PC, I'm not Millennial, I'm Gen-X.
I was brought up to think about the concept: the best person for the job. The BEST. If I were to hire someone now, I couldn't care less where they were born, what language they spoke, what colour they were, what gender they were, what hobbies they like or gasp political leanings.
Does anything of what I mentioned contribute to how they could perform? NO!
What does? How effectively they are able to actually perform in the job.
I will NOT be pressured by society or anyone else to fill quotas.
I think someone said it best in Twitter. Diversity does not mean lowering the bar.
If you want more of a certain group of people to be in a certain profession. Then make it attractive to them to be interested in it ALSO make them work hard to have the skills so that an employer would hire them on the SPOT!
Let me tell you something. I have worked with some amazing female developers. In my book? I'd hire them over a guy any day, especially when it's coupled with analytical skills.
Seriously. I wish this forced diversity thing would just die. No one company should work hard, it's the other way around. Want to get into a company, work hard and get into it yourself!
I was brought up to think about the concept: the best person for the job. The BEST. If I were to hire someone now, I couldn't care less where they were born, what language they spoke, what colour they were, what gender they were, what hobbies they like or gasp political leanings.
Does anything of what I mentioned contribute to how they could perform? NO!
What does? How effectively they are able to actually perform in the job.
I will NOT be pressured by society or anyone else to fill quotas.
I think someone said it best in Twitter. Diversity does not mean lowering the bar.
If you want more of a certain group of people to be in a certain profession. Then make it attractive to them to be interested in it ALSO make them work hard to have the skills so that an employer would hire them on the SPOT!
Let me tell you something. I have worked with some amazing female developers. In my book? I'd hire them over a guy any day, especially when it's coupled with analytical skills.
Seriously. I wish this forced diversity thing would just die. No one company should work hard, it's the other way around. Want to get into a company, work hard and get into it yourself!