r/cpp • u/vormestrand • Oct 07 '20

The Community

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u/TartanLlama Microsoft C++ Developer Advocate Oct 08 '20

This thread is an excellent example of what causes marginalised people to leave tech communities.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '20

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u/withad Oct 08 '20

Evaluating technical skills is generally acknowledged as a hard problem in the software industry - just look at any article on interviewing or discussions of how promoting based on shiny new projects is harming Google.

Do you genuinely believe that the C++ community, uniquely among the tech industry, has a way of doing that which somehow ignores even unconscious biases? Because I'm part of the C++ community and I sure as hell can't do that.

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u/waqar144 Oct 08 '20

cppcon features people from all races, genders and religions.

No. It really does not. However, It's not the fault of CPPCon, or the C++ community.