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   Chas Emerick (cemerick@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 10:23:10 JST Chas Emerick

   I get it now: tech companies had to go along with DEI expectations and advocates years ago because some nontrivial portion of the software dev workforce demanded it. But then the cheap money went away and now the promise of cutting headcount via AI seems realistic, so they can actually follow their heart and safely toss the concerns of non-white, non-male devs overboard without consequence

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     Chas Emerick (cemerick@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 10:23:13 JST Chas Emerick

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     when these factors change in some years (early seed money gets cheap again, AI's oversold promises finally fizzle, or the tech labor market tightens), then all the tech companies that are now blathering on about "merit-only" practices will rediscover progressive values in order to become palatable to the women, POCs, and queer and trans folks they're currently shoving out the back door