It should be obvious to everyone at this point that the tech industry has a diversity problem. Lots of folks have written about this, but one of my favorite blog post on the matter is written by Dan Luu. In it, he links to a Twitter thread where Roger Dickey expresses his “unpopular opinion” that hiring women/minorities is hard because there is a pipeline problem. Basically, Roger thinks that there are not enough women or people of color graduating from STEM programs, so there aren’t enough of them starting companies to fund or entering the candidate pool to hire. Here’s my favorite response:

在这一点上，每个人都应该显而易见，技术行业存在多样性问题。 很多人都写过这个，但是我最喜欢的博客文章之一是Dan Luu 。 在其中，他链接到Twitter话题 ，在该话题中，罗杰·迪基(Roger Dickey)表达了他的“不受欢迎的观点”，即雇用女性/少数民族很难，因为存在管道问题 。 基本上，罗杰(Roger)认为没有足够的女性或有色人种从STEM计划毕业，因此没有足够的人创办公司来筹集资金或进入候选人才库进行招聘。 这是我最喜欢的回复：

There’s a pervasive bias in who the industry hires, refers, and invites to parties…

该行业雇用，推荐和邀请参加聚会的人普遍存在偏见……

Let me tell you a story.

让我告诉你一个故事。

I used to work for a company (let’s call it Hooli), where recruiters would go on tour to various universities each fall with the hopes of recruiting some shiny new college grads. At some point they were going to colleges in my home state of North Carolina to do the usual: give some presentations, get the students excited about Hooli’s mission, something about #impact and whatnot. One of the colleges on the itinerary was North Carolina A&T, a historically black college/university, and a damn good one. Since I was one of only 3 black engineers in the Hooli office and a Carolina Boy, the recruiting team insisted that I accompany them on this leg of the tour. Free trip to NC? Count me in.

我曾经在一家公司工作(我们叫Hooli)，每年秋天，招聘人员都会去各个大学巡回演出，希望能招聘到一些崭新的大学毕业生。 在某个时候，他们要去我家乡北卡罗来纳州的大学做平常的事情：做一些演讲，让学生们对Hooli的使命，＃impact之类的东西感到兴奋。 其中关于行程的院校是北卡罗莱纳州A＆T， 历史上黑学院/大学 ，和该死的好一个 。 由于我是3只在Hooli办公室和卡罗来纳州男孩黑色的一位工程师，招聘团队坚持要我陪他们在这条腿参观。 免费去NC吗？ 算我一个。

The first recruiting event was for Duke/UNC students and consisted of a 1-hour presentation which covered life at Hooli, various teams that exist, what the interview process is like, how to prepare for the interview, and then a slide containing the recruiter’s contact info. This was then followed by a 1.5 hour break-out session where the students formed small (~5 person) groups and then had a chance to ask a Hooli engineer at their table anything they want over a catered dinner. This was also a way for them to make a good impression before we collected all of their resumes, marked which ones seemed the most impressive, and invited half of them to dinner at a fancy restaurant the next evening. Wow, talk about rolling out the red carpet!

第一次招募活动是针对杜克大学/ UNC学生的，包括一个1小时的演讲，内容涵盖了胡里的生活，现有的各种团队，面试过程是什么样的，如何准备面试，然后是载有招聘者的幻灯片。联系方式 随后进行了1.5小时的分组讨论，学生们组成了小团体(约5人)，然后有机会在餐桌旁向Hooli工程师询问他们想要的晚餐 。 这也是他们在我们收集所有简历之前留下深刻印象的一种方式，标记哪些似乎最令人印象深刻，并邀请他们中的一半在第二天晚上在一家高档餐厅吃饭 。 哇，说说铺开红地毯！

The second recruiting event was the following afternoon at NC A&T. Recruiters put out the catering leftovers from the previous night and rushed through a shortened (30 minute) version of the previous night’s presentation. There were no break-out tables, no resume collection, no recruiter contact details... I personally ordered a bunch of pizzas because nobody thought that this was a problem. I was livid. After the pizzas arrived, recruiters handed out some Hooli swag, encouraged everyone to apply, and packed up so that everyone could make the 2-hour drive back to Durham in time for a second dinner with the other group of students.

第二次招聘活动是第二天下午在NC A＆T举行的。 招聘人员将前一天晚上的剩余饭菜拿出来 ，匆匆忙忙地浏览了前一天晚上的演讲的简短(30分钟)版本。 没有分组讨论表，没有履历表，没有招聘人员的联系方式……我个人订购了一堆比萨饼，因为没人认为这是个问题。 我很生气 。 比萨饼送达后，招募人员分发了一些胡里赃物，鼓励所有人提出申请，然后收拾行装，以便每个人都可以2小时的车程赶回达勒姆，以便与其他学生第二顿晚餐。

Sit with that for a moment.

坐一会儿。

The demographics of the first group of students reflected pretty much what you’d expect to find in your typical Silicon Valley tech company. Those were the people that received all of the attention and all of the advantages on this trip.

第一组学生的人口统计信息几乎反映了您期望在典型的硅谷科技公司中找到的东西。 这些人在这次旅行中得到了所有的关注和所有的好处。

• The Duke/UNC events were in the evening, so nobody had to miss class to attend. Many of the A&T students couldn’t attend the entire event because it was in the middle of the day and they had class.

  杜克大学/ UNC的活动是在晚上，所以没有人必须错过课程去参加。 许多A＆T学生不能参加整个活动，因为它是在一天当中，并且他们已经上课了 。

• The Duke/UNC students had multiple chances to talk with us in small groups. They received more information about the interview process, what to study, and Hooli via the extended presentation. They also had chances to impress us and elaborate on their backgrounds and experience. The A&T students barely got a chance to introduce themselves before Hooli packed up and left for a second dinner with the other group.

  杜克大学/ UNC的学生有很多机会与我们进行小组讨论。 通过扩展演示，他们获得了有关面试过程，学习内容和胡里节的更多信息。 他们也有机会打动我们，并详细介绍他们的背景和经验。 在Hooli收拾行装并与另一组人共进晚餐之前，A＆T学生几乎没有机会自我介绍。

• The A&T students were given leftover food from the night before. Fuck. What kind of message do you think this sends? Would you feel encouraged to apply for a job or internship if that’s how a company’s recruiters treated you?

  A＆T学生从前一天晚上得到了剩菜 。 他妈的。 您认为这发送什么样的信息？ 如果公司的招聘人员是这样对待您的，您会受到鼓励去申请工作或实习吗？

I’m sure that the NC A&T event was just so Hooli could check some “diversity recruitment” box. It’s apparent that they didn’t actually take those students seriously. By showing more attention to the UNC/Duke students and half-assing the event at NC A&T, those A&T students were put at a disadvantage. Why? Did Hooli recruiters think that they wouldn’t pass the hiring bar?

我确信NC A＆T活动只是为了让Hooli选中一些“多元化招聘”框。 显然，他们实际上并没有认真对待那些学生。 通过更多地关注UNC /杜克大学的学生并在NC A＆T上对活动进行半估，这些A＆T学生处于劣势。 为什么？ 霍利(Hooli)的招聘人员是否认为他们不会通过招聘标准？

This is the kind of nonsense women and people of color are going through. No wonder there’s a lack of diversity when the deck is stacked against them like this. Pipeline problem, my ass.

这是胡说八道的女人和有色人种正在经历的事情。 难怪当甲板像这样对着他们堆叠时，缺乏多样性。 管道问题，我的屁股。

Racism is real and bias is persistent.

种族主义是真实的，偏见是持久的。