>BTW Temple University is not an HBCU Which means that instead of one HBCU being ranked on the US News list of best colleges for Computer Science [1] (albeit at the very bottom), there are zero.[2] [1] -…
Sounds like you've found a great indicator of skill then - "does not have a CS degree."
"There exists a young man with no legs who has a stellar collegiate wrestling record. There also exists an athlete in the most prestigious wrestling program in the country who always loses because he never makes weight,…
>edit: and about "open source" contributions; ethnic minorities and women are far more likely to have worked in large corporations rather than in open source or startups, because those companies are held to a higher…
The fact that a CS degree is neither necessary nor sufficient for being a good programmer does not mean it is a worthless data point.
If I get an applicant who cannot or will not understand what a thought experiment is, they're not getting an interview - I don't care what college they went to. And yes, I registered this account because your comment…
>Summary: not discriminating against applicants before speaking to them based on where they're from, where they've worked, what school they went to, how long they've been in the profession, and who they know that you…
>BTW Temple University is not an HBCU Which means that instead of one HBCU being ranked on the US News list of best colleges for Computer Science [1] (albeit at the very bottom), there are zero.[2] [1] -…
Sounds like you've found a great indicator of skill then - "does not have a CS degree."
"There exists a young man with no legs who has a stellar collegiate wrestling record. There also exists an athlete in the most prestigious wrestling program in the country who always loses because he never makes weight,…
>edit: and about "open source" contributions; ethnic minorities and women are far more likely to have worked in large corporations rather than in open source or startups, because those companies are held to a higher…
The fact that a CS degree is neither necessary nor sufficient for being a good programmer does not mean it is a worthless data point.
If I get an applicant who cannot or will not understand what a thought experiment is, they're not getting an interview - I don't care what college they went to. And yes, I registered this account because your comment…
>Summary: not discriminating against applicants before speaking to them based on where they're from, where they've worked, what school they went to, how long they've been in the profession, and who they know that you…