Silicon Valley "Woman Engineer"
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters bring it up as a joke or shorthand in threads about diversity hiring and women in tech.
What it is
A three-minute scene from season 2, episode 4 of Silicon Valley in which Jared is excited after the company hires a woman engineer. It satirizes tokenism in tech hiring.
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What Hacker News said
Cites kelukelugames · 2017-12 · on “I don’t want to be the pink elephant in the room”
Has anyone seen the scene from SV where Jared is excited after they hired a woman engineer? And Jared expects her to be pals with Monica because both are female? I feel some of us men behave that way. :( link to clip: [this video]
Cites henry_bone · 2021-03 · on “Four times I felt discriminated against for being a female developer”
This SV clip says it for me. In the words of Guilfoyle "... we should hire the best person for the job. Period." [1] [1] [this video]