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Sorry, just read another article about the lack of \u201cDiversity\u201d in technology and realized I am totally screwed! Apparently, I\u2019ve also been way ahead of the curve because for years. To me, my coworkers have been nothing more that their intellect. I think the ultimate diversity, is for all of us to be considered nothing more than a brain.<\/p>\n
Here is the inevitable rant!<\/p>\n
The lack of diversity in Tech means more DIVERSITY is being demanded even though some of the \u201cDiverse\u201d workers may have been given their degrees as a quota filling move. \u00a0Like the Dr. from MIT (yes\u2026 a real PHD from MIT) who was my boss. That idiot couldn\u2019t read simple sentences, much less run a department.<\/p>\n
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All of us used to write memos that read like Dick & Jane<\/em> books.<\/p>\n \u201cSee the network plug\u201d Of course writing like that takes time and thought so we\u2019d get dinged on productivity.<\/p>\n If we didn\u2019t write memos then we had to talk in person and that meant what should have been a 2 minute conversation ended up being an hour long conversation as we explained repeatedly the fundamental concepts of digital communications in an \u201cadverse\u201d environment. The idiot really had trouble understanding why you didn\u2019t want to run ethernet cables between moving vehicles. Truly this person was the poster child for \u201cThe Peter Principal\u201d.<\/p>\n BTW the issues weren\u2019t because of being \u00a0black, they were because of stupidity, and an artificial quota system which presented a pass based on skin color instead of having the student learn things and work for the degree(s).<\/p>\n The lady who taught me UNIX was also a graduate from MIT and she was freakin brilliant. She spoke all kinds of languages, had an undergraduate degree in physics, and graduate degrees in Computer Science and AI.<\/p>\n She was tough to deal with but we got along. I think it\u2019s because when we were at work it was only about the truth of the data, the validity of the software, and personalities or feelings didn\u2019t matter. She\u2019s what I thought all MIT folks were like, until I met my former boss and the fantasy was shattered.<\/p>\n I know if I was hiring now, I\u2019d be suspicious of folks and their degrees. That\u2019s what happens when you devalue an entire educational system to bring \u201cEquality\u201d based on anything other that intellect.<\/p>\n My suspicion \u00a0is evidenced by the number of pre-interview \u201cTests\u201d that hiring companies want you to take.<\/p>\n Yeah, they want to test you on your knowledge before you ever speak to anyone outside of the HR department. \u00a0It\u2019s annoying, but I get it. Degrees are like toilet paper now. Very expensive toilet paper, but toilet paper nonetheless. Everyone has one and all the degree means anymore is that you\u2019re in debt and sat through X years in an institute of \u201cHigher Learning,\u201d and have a mountain of debt.<\/p>\n There are some very good professors who do really care about facts, and whether the student has retained the facts or not. These professors are also interested in teaching and verifying that the students can use the \u201cfacts\u201d in new ways.<\/p>\n But sadly these professors are retiring at an alarming pace and many of them are glad to be doing so. The helicopter parents haven\u2019t gone away, they\u2019re simply plaguing a new set of educators, except now they\u2019re holding college professors accountable for little Johnny not doing the work.<\/p>\n Turns out the critics & educators of 50 years ago were right, things do slip to the lowest common denominator, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sorry, just read another article about the lack of \u201cDiversity\u201d in technology and realized I am totally screwed! Apparently, I\u2019ve also been way ahead of the curve because for years. To me, my coworkers have been nothing more that their intellect. I think the ultimate diversity, is for all of us to be considered nothing … <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe network plug is different from the phone plug\u201d
\n\u201cForcing the network plug into the phone jack is bad, it makes the network sad\u201d
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