Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
BorgDrone@lemmy.one 1 year agoThe tech industry is super sexist. We already have a huge advantage and are whining that women get a little one.
In what way do men have an advantage over women? Women in IT for example are unicorns and if a company has to choose between an equally qualified woman and man for the same position they would 100% of the time choose the woman. No on in tech actually likes the current situation, we’d love there to be an equal male/female ratio.
In reality, however, this situation does not exist. If we got 2 qualified applicants and one was a man and the other a woman we’d hire both (same if it was 2 men or 2 women). It’s hard enough to find personnel anyway, we’ll take everyone we can get, gender is not a factor at all.
whatwhatwutyut@midwest.social 1 year ago
If companies were actually taking in 2 applicants instead of 1 and that in need of employees, I doubt we’d be seeing so many people desperate enough to find employment that they flood a job fair not intended for them.
BorgDrone@lemmy.one 1 year ago
The keyword is ‘qualified’. Lots of people looking for jobs with little to no skills or relevant education.
whatwhatwutyut@midwest.social 1 year ago
I doubt foreigners got here (likely on a work visa) with no skills or education. To get a work visa, don’t you have to have a job lined up? There’s there experience/skills. Myself and a lot of the class I graduated with in CS are getting hundreds of rejections despite having relevant education (and experience in many cases). With the hundreds of thousands laid off from tech in the last year there is absolutely not enough openings for everyone with skills and relevant education.