> But there’s a bit of a bootstrapping problem here: if we want to reach new people, we can’t do it by relying solely on the skills and perspectives of our existing community.
Cool, so they are looking to make Rust more useful by involving people with different perspectives.
> we would especially love insights from include women (cis & trans), nonbinary folks, people of color
Oh. Well this is weird. They seem like awfully indirect measurements of relevant skills and perspective
Edit: explained in a comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14657507 by wll
> non-native English speakers, people who learned programming later in life (older, or only in college, or at a bootcamp as part of a midlife career change), people with disabilities, or people who have different learning styles.
Ah yes. This is what I expected to see.
I'm loving what Rust is currently bringing and is going to bring to the world, I want them to be really approachable, and I want it to be used in new ways - but it really reads like they are playing with going the way of Github.
EDIT: See earlier edit.
Cool, so they are looking to make Rust more useful by involving people with different perspectives.
> we would especially love insights from include women (cis & trans), nonbinary folks, people of color
Oh. Well this is weird. They seem like awfully indirect measurements of relevant skills and perspective Edit: explained in a comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14657507 by wll
> non-native English speakers, people who learned programming later in life (older, or only in college, or at a bootcamp as part of a midlife career change), people with disabilities, or people who have different learning styles.
Ah yes. This is what I expected to see.
I'm loving what Rust is currently bringing and is going to bring to the world, I want them to be really approachable, and I want it to be used in new ways - but it really reads like they are playing with going the way of Github.
EDIT: See earlier edit.