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0 pointstim3339y ago0 comments

>really a systemic problem at Uber?

From Susan Fowlers' article:

>When I joined Uber, the organization I was part of was over 25% women. By the time I was trying to transfer to another eng organization, this number had dropped down to less than 6%. Women were transferring out of the organization, and those who couldn't transfer were quitting or preparing to quit.

Sounds kinda systemic.

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macspoofing9y ago

>Sounds kinda systemic.

My problem with conspiracy theories is that they always take the following form:

1) Event X occurred.

2) I can't imagine how X could have happened other than if Y is true.

3) Therefore Y is true.

Here's how it looks like with UFOs:

1) I saw a streak of light travelling very quickly across the night sky.

2) I cannot imagine what terrestrial phenomenon could have caused it.

3) Therefore Aliens.

I don't know why the proportion of women in that specific organization fell. Was it because sexism or sexual harassment caused them to quit? Was it because of differential hiring, where over a period of time more men were hired? Was it because more women got promoted out of the 'organization'? Was it just a statistical glitch? I don't even know what an 'organization' is in that context.

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