I don’t know what I can add to this other than I’ve worked with brilliant women in dozens of disciplines throughout my career and think they’re more than equal to the men in the field - in many cases, more so.
I don’t have a problem with Google trying to get more equal representation at JSConf, or anywhere else. I applaud it. The homogenous nature of the tech world, especially in smaller niche communities, is disappointing. It becomes a boys club and is much more likely to become hyper-competitive and unsupportive. All the teams I’ve been on where there’s been a much more even gender split just seem to work better - more efficient, collaborative and supportive.
It takes all kinds (where “kinds” is defined as loosely as possible), and if groups, who are otherwise completely “worthy” for inclusion, aren’t included in the fun, then there’s something wrong. I applaud anyone’s attempts to fix it.
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