Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O • Hacker News Board

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by FLUX-YOU » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:48 PM UTC

whowouldathunk wrote: post #16

EduardoBautista wrote: post #12

Convincing women to focus on a career in STEM is telling them that their choices for careers in nursing, teaching, and any other career dominated by women are wrong choices. I don't believe that, they are essential to our society and are arguably more important than helping create better ads at Google and Facebook.

There is a lot of technology involved in healthcare and teaching.

In fact, healthcare technology, specifically user interfaces, needs all of the brilliant people it can get.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by sounds » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:48 PM UTC

Please be aware this is an opinion piece by David Brooks. This does not represent a majority opinion of the New York Times shareholders.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by EduardoBautista » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:48 PM UTC

whowouldathunk wrote: post #16

EduardoBautista wrote: post #12

Convincing women to focus on a career in STEM is telling them that their choices for careers in nursing, teaching, and any other career dominated by women are wrong choices. I don't believe that, they are essential to our society and are arguably more important than helping create better ads at Google and Facebook.

There is a lot of technology involved in healthcare and teaching.

That doesn't make school teachers or nurses any less important or necessary.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by petraeus » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:48 PM UTC

But the question is, why would he do that? He made the best possible choice out of many bad choices forced by the anti-diversity memo guy himself.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:49 PM UTC

Wow, I'd never imagine to read this piece in NY Times.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by alexashka » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:49 PM UTC

If we had CEOs resigning over every hissy fit an employee throws - we'd have no CEOs left.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by eganist » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:50 PM UTC

EduardoBautista wrote: post #12

Convincing women to focus on a career in STEM is telling them that their choices for careers in nursing, teaching, and any other career dominated by women are wrong choices. I don't believe that, they are essential to our society and are arguably more important than helping create better ads at Google and Facebook.

That's not the argument being made by advocates for women in STEM. The mission (I among one of many adherents to it) is to open pathways in STEM up to women who are choosing not to pursue it because of socioeconomic blockers.

Blockers such as this guy.

Anyway, the real position being pushed by Women in Tech/STEM movements is that anyone can/should be free to work in any career and not expect e.g. pay differences and biases against them solely because of gender. Male nurses are an example in the reverse direction.

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by systems » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:50 PM UTC

I dont understand, why did this google employee send a memo, why didnt he just write a blog about .. like normal people do

I honestly think this is his biggest mistake (the google employee not the ceo) .. he didnt understand boundaries

It is sad, that someone gets fired for his opinion, even if this opinion is offensive ... i do believe in ones right to be offensive

But I think the medium used to express his opinion , and the boundaries where choose to do so .. is erratic

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by zellyn » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:50 PM UTC

It seems disingenuous not to mention the many debunkings of the memo's Science by Scientists.

For example: https://www.quora.com/What-do-scientists-think-about-the-bio...

Re: Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O

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Post by greekyogurt21 » Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:50 PM UTC

aaron-lebo wrote: post #15

lol what a clickbait obnoxious headline. What was he supposed to do? He's got a workforce of tens of thousands, lots of who were offended rightly or not. To keep the guy around would've been just as bad. You publish something like that you accept the consequences. You make yourself obnoxious to your bosses who expect you to be a quiet cog in the machine, that's what happens. Duh. It's kind of funny that Damore droppe…

I love how he's got his own twitter account posing with a t/shirt that says "Goolag". Yeah buddy, full health, vision, dental benefits with a high salary == Russian death camp.