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RE: Some Thoughts on "So, about this Googler’s manifesto" by Yonatan Zunger
Sorry, you post is about an article about a manifesto...
And it is difficult to follow which you are talking about.
Anyway, what do you expect of a company that has
Do Be Evil
as their slogan?
What the original manifest seems to be about comes from the frustration of having to work with women and being told that they are equal, when they are not. The sexes are different. Each has unique qualities of thought and expression. Ignoring that, and just saying "they're equal" leads to much strife. And its usually men who are the bearers of that strife, and have to pick up the slack for women who aren't qualified for the job but where hired based on sex quota.
Sigh. That's is the opposite of their slogan. You know it is. You're saying it anyway. That's annoying. You may have personal disagreements with moral nature of Google's actions, but instead of having a rational debate about those issues, you prefer using bold letters and ironically incorrect statements. Not very helpful for people who actually want to discuss approaches for positive change.
Who is saying "They're equal"? The manifesto (based on the parts I skimmed) was trying to say "They are unequal, and women are worse within this profession" which, as Yonatan's post describes, was a very bad (and he argued completely incorrect) statement.
The assumption that women in tech are in this role because of a quota is the problem being addressed. In many ways, they are superior to men because they were able to survive through toxic work environments based on their coding skills and their ability to deal with bullshit all around them, every day, all day.
The universe does not hear the word NO.
So, instead of saying something positive, such as "Build Great Things", they chose a phrase that would make them the company that the CIA wanted them to be. "Don't Be Evil." Which, the universe, and your sub conscious turns into
Do Be Evil.
In which they are. Getting people killed and imprisoned in China, just so they can have market share? Filtering out specific people from the search results.
They are being evil.
I do not assume about quotas and hiring, I speak from experience of quotas and hiring.
Or how frustrating it is to work on code where she named all the variables after her cats.
It is not that women can't, its that hiring standards are lowered to make quota.
A typical story from an engineering company. 100s of resumes from men, 3 from women. And two of them are completely not qualified for the position.
And, so, this "toxic environment" that women get to complain about, men are actually experiencing. Do not talk to women, do not compliment women, have a pocket recorder going whenever work has you dealing with a woman. And further, because of those lowered standards for hiring, men are the ones left to pick up the slack.
Statements like this sound ridiculous to me and make it hard for me to take you seriously.
Well, its a universal law.
It doesn't care if you believe in it or not.
Everyone ,who makes affirmations work for them, knows about this. And it is really important in self-talk.
And with Boogle, I say the results speak for themselves.
It will not be long now before Boogle destroys itself, as evil always does.
Here is an article about working with your subconscious/unconscious.
It talks about how it doesn't hear no.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/focus-forgiveness/201307/conscious-the-unconscious
So, when you read boogle's sign "Don't be Evil" you are programming yourself to "Be Evil".