Paul_Dessert

Joined 12 years ago

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173
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106
Member since
Jun 19
Currently I work as a front end web developer and dseiner at Motorola Solutions. In the past, I've worked at Airbus Defense and Space, several start-ups and a casino. In my spare time I build my own products and tools.

www.pauldessert.com

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Comment · 8 years ago
That's a good idea! Good luck :)
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Exactly. This doesn't necessarily mean these companies advertised the job to one gender. It simply means the ad was targeted at a specific gender. For all we know, the companies spent twice as much on a different ad set for women.
Comment · 8 years ago
Do you live in Foresthill? I'm not too far away in shingle springs.
Comment · 8 years ago
That does not say, "0% of non-white non-males were hired for an entry-level position".
Comment · 8 years ago
Where does the article say this, "Prior to the author of this article conducting her live experiment, 0% of non-white non-males were hired for an entry-level position"?

She's female. She got hired.

Comment · 8 years ago
Exactly
Comment · 8 years ago
Read this paragraph:

"Finally, I suggested that if we reached the final round of hiring without any viable women or minorities in the selection pool, we should take this as an indication that we had not done a good job at outreach. We would start the recruiting process over, and try harder to attract diverse candidates."

What she is saying is, if she didn't get the results she wanted, she'd toss aside ALL applicants (even if they were highly qualified) and start over until she found her version of the "acceptable" candidate.

That's just wrong.

Comment · 8 years ago
A troll? The author is a hypocrite and I'm calling her out. The words above came directly from her article. And yes, I did read the entire thing.

If you don't see anything wrong with what she said/did, I feel sorry for you.

Comment · 8 years ago
"I had expressed dismay before at our hiring practices. It seemed that whenever we had our monthly engineering all-hands meeting, the new hire announcements featured three more young white guys. I felt that we could do better."

So, because they are young, white males, you immediately dismissed them?

Comment · 9 years ago
I met Carlos about 15 years ago while I was in school. He helped me with a project I was working on. Very helpful and friendly guy!

I also remember going to lunch with him as he was building Corona. His passion was contagious.

We hadn't talked for a while and this is the first time I'm hearing about him. Very sad. RIP Carlos.

Comment · 10 years ago
This is a tool I've been working on for a while. It constantly scans Amazon and finds the best open-box deals. Products are 30% - 95% off. Most of the items have damaged packaging and can't be sold as new, so Amazon sells them at huge discounts.

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