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0 pointstitanomachy1y ago0 comments

Must be Microsoft, I don’t think Apple and Nvidia went hard on this

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8f2ab37a-ed6c1y ago· 3 in thread

Nvidia has the polar opposite problem on their hands, they're one of the most Asian-overrepresented companies in America. 56% of employees are of Asian descent, in a country where Asians make up 6% of the population. Second largest market cap in the world. And yet, not a peep about it from the social justice folk, funny how that works.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369578/nvidia-share-of-...

dilyevsky1y ago

If you ever seen an inside of a CS auditorium at any prestigious university that wouldn’t be so surprising to you

msoad1y ago

"problem". Looking at the $NVDA chart is not showing any problems to me

pcbro1411y ago

Pretty sure every big tech company is Asian-overrepresented. Apparently almost 75% of tech employees in Silicon Valley are immigrants, no doubt the vast majority are Asian (East Asian and Indian).

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/17/h-1b-foreign-citizens...

blackeyeblitzar1y ago· 2 in thread

Apple went hard on it, especially culturally, and it led to the type of censorship and control you see on the iPhone. Like apps being required to match Apple’s moderation rules, or the gun emoji being removed, or whatever. You can’t be an Apple employee that isn’t aligned to their way. You’ll be fired.

wincy1y ago

And then everyone fell in line with the gun emoji. And then everyone threw a fit when X changed it back to a real gun emoji.

Honestly, I’ve just stayed working for inland US companies that are far away from FAANG because I just knew I’d have an honest conversation with the wrong person and get fired. Where I work now I can admit I hold a (very minor) office as a Republican without anyone batting an eye, even with people I know 100% vote Democrat.

titanomachyOP1y ago

I don’t think it’s as bad as you imagine in west coast faang. I’ve worked at a few of them. When we do talk about politics (offline, in small groups), discussions are nuanced and people have their own opinions. If you’re able to speak respectfully, and not attack people who disagree with you or have lifestyles different from what you’d choose, you would do fine.

If you have an habit of announcing controversial and extreme opinions in widely-subscribed comms channels, you would not do so well.

az2261y ago

It was.

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