This article is laden with obvious self serving undertones that completely overshadow any genuinely good intentions the author states. It starts with the overly dramatic, click-batey title and continues through to the very end, with multiple flaws and contradictions presented outright suggesting the author is high on his own agenda and has long since abandoned measured rational for populist rhetoric.
Did anyone read his job proposal? This guy is trying to get himself some phony new role of "Diversity Engineering Manager" - an obnoxiously contrived title one would expect from "non-technical engineering management" types yet bearing a description exactly like of that of a position which has long existed in the corporate space: Human Resources. For me, the immediate reaction is to ask: precisely what form of Engineering expertise does he actually possess. I ask this not only because I've had a front row seat to the Invasion of the Middle Managers flocking to the darling tech industry as it has soared, but also from his exchanges with his senior management. He seems to agree on the merit of analyzing their hiring process from an ethnocentric perspective - but arrogantly dismisses the proposed method, makes a half hearted attempt at using some open source webpage to appease his manager and yet provides no alternative whatsoever - what kind of truly talented engineering leader proceeds this way? Perhaps a social engineer?
He expresses a strong desire to effect meaningful positive change in the under-representation of minorities in tech, yet when he is in precisely the sort of senior position to do so, he quits because...why? Because he needs some phony manager title he made up to effect change?? If so, that's most certainly only the half of it as birds of this feather constantly check their compensation statements together... He feels enthusiastic about the return of Jack Dorsey and apparently even had direct engagement and affirmation of the desire to improve diversity but because he is not earmarked as the sole owner of diversity, that means the entire company is afflicted with "unconscious, implicit racism" and in complete denial of the obvious cure that exists in the form of "Diversity ENGINEERING Manager"?? Not only is this a hopelessly arrogant perspective, it's actually quite evil. This guy is trying to bully his mediocre existence into a position of power and is willing to use any form of inflammatory rhetoric to do so. While I'm sure his groundbreaking ideas of perceived racism surveys and hiring at coding camps may have marginal effect on the under-representation of minorities at Twitter, I'm all but certain his statistics of minority representation as college grads and at other firms are way off - and serve as a warning sign that experimenter bias will always hinder his ability to reach truth in anything.
This guy is a parasitic cancer with a self serving agenda and any firm thinking of hiring him should consider what form his potential retribution will be if they don't meet his absurd demands. What's most ironic is that people like this are never self starters - their attribution of everything to external factors out of their control can only ever exist as a parasitic cog in the corporate wheel where they can draw abundant sustenance in exchange for providing marginal productive value, if any at all (and most likely negative value when you think of it). Ultimately, the fact that he can't just take his ball and go home but must instead shit all over the game means that he'll either have to learn to open his mind, or find a new gig.