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Re: Why Google Fired Me

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I'm confused. Google had never hired from a HBCU and she increased it by 300%. Wouldn't that imply that it's still at 0?

THAT was your takeaway? That when she said she took it from 0 HCBU students to 300 students she also incorrectly said 300%?

Re: Why Google Fired Me

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post #4

I'm confused. Google had never hired from a HBCU and she increased it by 300%. Wouldn't that imply that it's still at 0?

THAT was your takeaway? That when she said she took it from 0 HCBU students to 300 students she also incorrectly said 300%?

I had a similar takeaway.

The overall poor wording - odd number(s), bad words and grandeur - support the impression that it's a rage post, rather than a (at least attempted) faithful, balanced, report of the fact.

Re: Why Google Fired Me

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post #4

I'm confused. Google had never hired from a HBCU and she increased it by 300%. Wouldn't that imply that it's still at 0?

THAT was your takeaway? That when she said she took it from 0 HCBU students to 300 students she also incorrectly said 300%?

LMAO — spot the programmer!

Re: Why Google Fired Me

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THAT was your takeaway? That when she said she took it from 0 HCBU students to 300 students she also incorrectly said 300%?

I had a similar takeaway. The overall poor wording - odd number(s), bad words and grandeur - support the impression that it's a rage post, rather than a (at least attempted) faithful, balanced, report of the fact.

If her take is accurate -- and Google is free to tell their side, too -- why shouldn't she feel rage?

Re: Why Google Fired Me

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I'm confused. Google had never hired from a HBCU and she increased it by 300%. Wouldn't that imply that it's still at 0?

Could be correct, technically she says before her role existed Google had hired zero from HBCU and that she hired 300 increasing the number by 300%.

In other words timeline is: Google hires nobody from HBCU, she joins, Google hires 100 apart from and she hires 300. Now, both statements are true. Google hired none before her and she tripled Google's HBCU hiring.

Odd that she both hired 300 and increased by 300% so maybe she misstated something, but it's not logically impossible.

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