@Magisch yeah, same here. the DPO was happy to be involved here and now and openly asked why this couldn't be done for all systems they currently have running.
It also reduces the chafing that inevitably happens when you have to make a business case for rewriting large parts of your applications to comply with gdpr.
@rene There's a monthly membership fee, but after that you get free courses for a bunch of stuff and free consultation with the organization's lawyers on stuff. It's pretty cool. So far they helped me write some contracts and with reviewing policy documents
Today I visited the front page and was surprised to see that almost half of the questions were blatantly off-topic, and another chunk casually mentioned the possibility of a tool solving their problems but were otherwise not really posed as a typical Software Recommendation question. Curiosity go...
...it's an odd set of circumstances that lead to me running after my mountain biking coach, who's dressed in military uniform, to catch a bus to the train to the road cycling elite team tryouts.
Not sure if I am understanding you correctly, are you saying that looking for a job at SO implies the company that is seeking an employee has a toxic culture?
Stroopwafels are addicting, literally...I go through a pack of eight in a couple days
(And no, I didn't just try them after hearing about them here...a café near me sells them in small packs of 2, so I tried them there, liked them, looked up the manufacturer, and ordered more direct from them.)
There was actually a local popup here called Stroop Club or something like that that made them and sold them at farmers markets. Haven't seen them for a few months, though but it was awesome to get them freshly made.
@Shog9 The dough is a true dough, not a batter. It looks stiffer than your average pie crust.
Yeah. It's interesting, the dough is much more stiff (my pizzelle dough was always more scoopable) but they are really soft when warm, and they get cut in half with a knife when hot. It's not two wafels, it's one.
it was more of a reaction to "We’re especially focused on identifying candidates from under-represented groups, and making sure that every candidate we consider is deeply committed to making our company and community more welcoming, diverse, and inclusive."
@KevinB Ohhh. Yeah, that's ew. But why drop that after a conversation on stroopwafels and confuse everyone? ;)
@M.A.R.TheChemicalWizard Meh, it's okay. It's actually (from what I've seen, just anecdata) a pretty common American way of going about job postings... Focusing more on what a person is than what they can do.
So we just add a large dose of cultural relativism and suddenly it's not a problem anymore :)
From what I understand, it's more about making sure that people who may be qualified for the job and who might not otherwise have known about it / felt encouraged to apply know about it and that they're welcome to apply; making sure it reaches the most diverse candidates. That way, you have a much larger pool of people to choose from.
It doesn't mean "we're only hiring people who aren't straight white Christian cis males"; it means that they're getting it out there to the maximum number of people.
The Rooney Rule is a National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. It is sometimes cited as an example of affirmative action, as there is no quota or preference given to minorities in the hiring of candidates. It was established in 2003, and variations of the rule are now in place in other industries.
== History and origin ==
The rule is named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former chairman of the league's diversity committee.
It was created as a reaction...
@Mithrandir Like I said, just add a large dose of cultural relativism, accept that's just the way people roll, and it's not a problem anymore ;) also, I'm not going to apply so it's not something I'm going to spend a lot of energy on to begin with :P
I think it's more like there's a possibility that there are stereotypes floating around, especially in the tech world (e.g. "programming is for men") and some may feel bound by them when they're not
@KevinB Well, you actively seek out qualified candidates who are in minority groups. Often times, the people who self-select to apply for a position aren't necessarily those people, so you go to the effort to recruit candidates that are diverse. Once you have a good pool, you interview and select your candidate as usual, choosing the best fit for the position.
It's a very valid point though. Companies want a wide diversity of perspectives in their leadership team to reduce blindspots and get better products for more people
Studies have been done on that. Diverse leadership teams produce better results, by the sheer quality of necessarily representing more viewpoints and thus considering them
@KevinB It's showing that you're doing due diligence in finding the best candidate for the job and that your company accepts that great candidates may not always feel they can apply for positions without some nudging.
Watching that video should give a pretty good parallel for diverse hiring, I think.
In other news, *sigh* the army is showing their ineptness again
I rescheduled my appointment with them that was originally going to be today, because I still need to see a few doctors beforehand... but apparently that branch of the recruitment office didn't get that memo and called me twice, and my father twice, and my mother twice...
all of us managed to somehow miss the calls, though
all about an appointment that was rescheduled to not be today
It can be hard for under represented groups to feel emboldened in a wide variety of endeavors because often the lack roll models in those spaces, such as being the CEO of a decently sized tech company. It just makes sense to encourage those people who may feel discouraged.
A recent study on the cancer risks of drinking alcohol has been widely reported in news headlines. The Times headline is:
Half-bottle of wine a night ‘as bad as three cigarettes’
The BBC summarise slightly differently:
Drinking one 750ml bottle of wine a week increases the risk of devel...
Having just seen the blog post about Joel stepping down as CEO, I am (of course) immediately wondering how to apply.
In his haste to publish the news, he seems to have left of that vital bit of information. I was fully expecting there to be a link to an ad in jobs.
Since I am, of course, eminen...
> I was drafting a reply and just can't be bothered. I'm glad he's leaving. Maybe if they truly pick someone out of the box the site will move forward. What's the bet it's another white male. And even better, someone who's never programmed. -- Yvette at 5:57 PM - 28 Mar 2019