I think Ronson strongly suggests that this is in fact the case.
Ronson's a great journalist for acknowledging the complexity of a situation without attempting to offer answers he's unqualified to give, imho.
> “So you’re in your new workplace…” (Hank was offered another job right away) “…and you’re talking to a female developer. In what way do you act differently towards her?”
> “Well,” Hank said. “We don’t have any female developers at the place I’m working at now. So.”
> “You’ve got a new job now, right?” I said to Adria.
> “No,” she said.
Incidentally thank you for all your comments on this article. They're really thoughtful and have helped me understand what is clearly a very big issue much better.
You're right but it's still vague. It wasn't made clear on how or if they went about getting new jobs. How many resumes sent out? How many interviews? We don't know what their experience level is...etc...etc. Those questions miss the point of what you are getting at (gender/minority bias) but there is still a technical angle in getting a job.
I think Ronson strongly suggests that this is in fact the case.
Ronson's a great journalist for acknowledging the complexity of a situation without attempting to offer answers he's unqualified to give, imho.
> “So you’re in your new workplace…” (Hank was offered another job right away) “…and you’re talking to a female developer. In what way do you act differently towards her?”
> “Well,” Hank said. “We don’t have any female developers at the place I’m working at now. So.”
> “You’ve got a new job now, right?” I said to Adria.
> “No,” she said.
Incidentally thank you for all your comments on this article. They're really thoughtful and have helped me understand what is clearly a very big issue much better.