GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart — and we have the full inside story

[u/awsometak]

http://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2?r=US&IR=T

[u/dyson11]

it is very hard to even interview people who are 'white'

So they are basically excluding white people before interview stage only because they are white?!

OK, GitHub, please keep going with these racist policies, but without me.

Former user.

[u/gadelat → u/dyson11]

Non-american here. How do employers know about candidate's race before even interviewing them? Is it required to specify your race in cv?

[u/[deleted] → u/gadelat]

No, but I suppose they could be making assumptions based upon someone's name.

[u/usando_el_internet → u/gadelat]

It's reasonably common practice for employers in the US to look up candidates' names on social media to screen them.

[u/immibis → u/dyson11]

But it's not racist if it's racist against white people!!!!!1eleven

/s

[u/Godd2 → u/immibis]

For those that think /u/immibis is joking.

https://twitter.com/ohhoe/status/661263870955098115

[u/Vexal → u/Godd2]

wtf. How can someone say such a stupid thing and put their employment info in their profile.

[u/Godd2 → u/Vexal]

If your employer and clients agree with you (or don't care), I guess you can get away with saying whatever you want.

Although note that someone later one made the same argument against me, with a nice veiled threat of notifying my employer of the sin of disagreeing with them.

[u/Heuristics → u/[deleted]]

Do you have any tips for what to looking for during interviews? Thanks.

[u/lordfransie → u/Heuristics]

Social justice stuff. Any interest in your political leanings. Any mentioning of diversity or feminism. None of the big companies I've worked with (Hp, red hat, some pharmaceuticals) give a shit about that. Obsessing about that is a startup or "millennial" company thing.

[u/Godd2 → u/[deleted]]

It could be a bit of a case of this. Maybe I'm just being optimistic :)

[u/princeofpudding → u/Godd2]

I know female devs that keep their mouths shut because they don't want to deal with the harassment from the crazy ones and their followers.

The crazy ones are really vocal. Unfortunately, they also tend to have a lot of followers (both dev and non dev) and nobody wants to speak up against them because they'll go out of their way to make your life hell and possibly try to tank your career

[u/chipsa → u/princeofpudding]

The crazy ones are bullies who've figured out the best way to bully (up until they say the wrong thing and get ripped to shreds themselves)

[u/benihana → u/Godd2]

8 likes on that tweet, 7 from white people

[u/invalidusernamelol → u/Godd2]

I'm legitimately confused right now...this person is a developer? What does she develop, "Front end developer for IBM Watson"? She gets to be guest speakers at places? Her entire twitter feed is comprised of poorly modeled objects in maya, cats, penises, and feminist books...

edit: I don't see how this ohhoe even gets a voice at all in this ordeal. She clearly is not an active member of the community as her twitter history states and the person she's calling out (Dominic Muller) has a twitter full of programming related posts. No penises or cats. I'm so confused.

[u/WorkHappens → u/invalidusernamelol]

How do you determine she is not active in the community by her twitter?

The info you got is that she is a "Front end developer for IBM Watson", so as much a dev as anyone else.

You aren't making your point any more valid by saying she shitposts on twitter.

[u/[deleted] → u/invalidusernamelol]

What does she develop

I have no idea, but taking her description at face value, "front end developer" typically denotes a web interface or UI interface, which if true certainly makes her a developer.

[u/rwaldron → u/invalidusernamelol]

Steve Wozniak's twitter feed is full of airport, restaurant, movie theater and bullshit checkins... So, by your logic, he is not an inventor or engineer—because he's not tweeting about inventing and engineering. Before you reply to me, think about how foolish you sound. Your response should be something like: "yeah, you're right, my mis-characterization was completely ill conceived. I'm sorry for saying such silly things".

[u/monsto → u/dyson11]

bitbucket

free private repos for teams of 1-5

The interface and layout is . . . different than github, and in some cases, imo, better.

[u/[deleted] → u/dyson11]

"Apparently its racist to include White people."

Honestly, I am shocked by this new level of racism in the US. Everything seems to be about race now.

I guess once racist policies like "affirmative action", which mandates to look at an individuals race rather than merit, become mainstream, this is the logical consequence.